RHSA-2011:0461 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated jboss-seam2 packages that fix one security issue are now available
for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.

Description

The JBoss Seam 2 framework is an application framework for building web
applications in Java.

It was found that JBoss Seam 2 did not properly block access to JBoss
Expression Language (EL) constructs in page exception handling, allowing
arbitrary Java methods to be executed. A remote attacker could use this
flaw to execute arbitrary code via a specially-crafted URL provided to
certain applications based on the JBoss Seam 2 framework. Note: A properly
configured and enabled Java Security Manager would prevent exploitation of
this flaw. (CVE-2011-1484)

Red Hat would like to thank Martin Kouba from IT SYSTEMS a.s. for reporting
this issue.

Users of jboss-seam2 should upgrade to these updated packages, which
correct this issue. The JBoss server process must be restarted for this
update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 692421 - CVE-2011-1484 JBoss Seam privilege escalation caused by EL interpolation in FacesMessages

CVEs

• CVE-2011-1484

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important