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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2018:1779-01 Security Update for xmlrpc3

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2018
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Hash: SHA256 Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: xmlrpc3 security update Advisory ID: RHS
An update for xmlrpc3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Apache XML-RPC is a Java implementation of XML-RPC, a popular protocol that uses XML over HTTP to implement remote procedure calls.
Security Fix(es):
* xmlrpc: Deserialization of untrusted Java object through tag (CVE-2016-5003)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux important update xmlrpc3

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5003 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: xmlrpc3-3.0-4.17.el6_9.src.rpm
noarch: xmlrpc3-client-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-common-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
noarch: xmlrpc3-client-devel-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-common-devel-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-javadoc-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-server-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-server-devel-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: xmlrpc3-3.0-4.17.el6_9.src.rpm
noarch: xmlrpc3-client-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-common-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
noarch: xmlrpc3-client-devel-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-common-devel-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-javadoc-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-server-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm xmlrpc3-server-devel-3.0-4.17.el6_9.noarch.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1779-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1779
Issue date: 2018-05-31

Topic

An update for xmlrpc3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux important update xmlrpc3

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1508123 - CVE-2016-5003 xmlrpc: Deserialization of untrusted Java object through tag

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