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Red Hat RHSA-2018:1784-01 Important: rh-java-common-xmlrpc Security Issue

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Calendar Grey June 4, 2018
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An Important security update for rh-java-common-xmlrpc is out for Red Hat Software Collections, fixing vulnerabilities that could risk data breaches and system integrity
An update for rh-java-common-xmlrpc is now available for Red Hat Software Collections

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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References

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

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: rh-java-common-xmlrpc-3.1.3-8.16.el6.src.rpm
noarch: rh-java-common-xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm rh-java-common-xmlrpc-common-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm rh-java-common-xmlrpc-javadoc-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm rh-java-common-xmlrpc-server-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):
Source: rh-java-common-xmlrpc-3.1.3-8.16.el6.src.rpm
noarch: rh-java-common-xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm rh-java-common-xmlrpc-common-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm rh-java-common-xmlrpc-javadoc-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm rh-java-common-xmlrpc-server-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: rh-java-common-xmlrpc-3.1.3-8.16.el6.src.rpm
noarch: rh-java-common-xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm rh-java-common-xmlrpc-common-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm rh-java-common-xmlrpc-javadoc-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm rh-java-common-xmlrpc-server-3.1.3-8.16.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: rh-java-common-xmlrpc-3.1.3-8.16.el7.src.rpm
noarch: rh-java-common-xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-8.16.el7.noarch.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1784-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1784
Issue date: 2018-06-04

Topic

An update for rh-java-common-xmlrpc is now available for Red Hat SoftwareCollections.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 red hat important security impact protocol java xmlrpc

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - noarch

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

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

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

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