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Red Hat JBoss: RHSA-2017-3124-01 Critical Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2017
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch released for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform fixes a remote code execution vulnerability.
A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7

Solution

Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).

Summary

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server.
This asynchronous patch is a security update for lucene package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.8
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that Apache Lucene would accept an object from an unauthenticated user that could be manipulated through subsequent post requests. An attacker could use this flaw to assemble an object that could permit execution of arbitrary code if the server enabled Apache Solr's Config API. (CVE-2017-12629)
For more information regarding CVE-2017-12629, see the article linked in the references section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution application platform Red Hat JBoss

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12629 https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/CVE-2017-12629 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=7.0

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:3124-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3124
Issue date: 2017-11-06

Topic

A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise ApplicationPlatform 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution application platform Red Hat JBoss

Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

1501529 - CVE-2017-12629 Solr: Code execution via entity expansion

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