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Red Hat JBoss EAP RHSA-2018-0630-01 Important: Code Execution Issue

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial patch released for Red Hat JBoss EAP that mitigates serious security flaws and enhances system efficiency.
Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 and fix three security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available from the...

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).

The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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 slf4j package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.
Security Fix(es):
* An XML deserialization vulnerability was discovered in slf4j's EventData which accepts xml serialized string and can lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-8088)
The Simple Logging Facade for Java or (SLF4J) is a simple facade for various logging APIs allowing the end-user to plug in the desired implementation at deployment time. SLF4J also allows for a gradual migration path away from Jakarta Commons Logging (JCL).
Red Hat would like to thank Chris McCown for reporting CVE-2018-8088.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat code execution important fix application platform JBoss EAP

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8088 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/8.1 https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=6.4

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:0630-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0630
Issue date: 2018-04-03

Topic

Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform6.4 and fix three security issues, several bugs, and add variousenhancements are now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat code execution important fix application platform JBoss EAP

Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

1548909 - CVE-2018-8088 slf4j: Deserialisation vulnerability in EventData constructor can allow for arbitrary code execution

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