RHSA-2014:0792 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated packages for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 that fix
one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5,
and 6.

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

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform is a platform for Java applications,
which integrates the JBoss Web Server with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam.

It was found that the org.jboss.seam.web.AuthenticationFilter class
implementation did not properly use Seam logging. A remote attacker could
send specially crafted authentication headers to an application, which
could result in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user
running that application. (CVE-2014-0248)

The CVE-2014-0248 issue was discovered by Marek Schmidt of Red Hat.

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6 are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take
effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied. Also, back up your existing Red
Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5 installation (including all
applications and configuration files).

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 i386
• JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1101619 - CVE-2014-0248 JBoss Seam: RCE via unsafe logging in AuthenticationFilter

CVEs

• CVE-2014-0248

References

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