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RedHat: RHSA-2018-3518-01 Critical: JBoss Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important vulnerability patch for Red Hat JBoss EAP version 5.2.0 raises serious concerns for compromised environments.
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5

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 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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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14667 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#critical https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371 https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.2.0

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3518-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3518
Issue date: 2018-11-06

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise ApplicationPlatform 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

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

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

1640782 - Tracker bug for the EAP 5.2.0 release for RHEL-6.

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