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Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 Important Update: RHSA-2018-3517-01 Remote Code Exec

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch for Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 addresses potential remote code execution vulnerabilities.
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution

Before applying this update, back up your existing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation (including all applications and configuration files) and make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

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 the RichFaces package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.
Security Fix(es):
* RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2018-14667)
See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371 for specific information regarding this flaw.
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.
Red Hat would like to thank Joao Filho Matos Figueiredo for reporting this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical remote code execution Red Hat JBoss JBoss platform

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14667 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371

Package List

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server:
Source: richfaces-3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5.src.rpm
noarch: richfaces-3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm richfaces-cdk-3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm richfaces-demo-3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm richfaces-docs-3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm richfaces-framework-3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm richfaces-root-3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm richfaces-ui-3.3.1-9.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server:
Source: richfaces-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6.src.rpm
noarch: richfaces-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm richfaces-demo-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm richfaces-framework-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm richfaces-root-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm richfaces-ui-3.3.1-6.SP3_patch_03.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3517-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3517
Issue date: 2018-11-06

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise ApplicationPlatform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.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 security update critical remote code execution Red Hat JBoss JBoss platform

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server - noarch

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1639139 - CVE-2018-14667 RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution

1640767 - Tracker bug for the EAP 5.2.0 release for RHEL-5.

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