Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1726 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2014-10-28
Updated:
2014-10-28

RHSA-2014:1726 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

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

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate 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 Application Platform is a platform for Java
applications, which integrates the JBoss Application Server with JBoss
Hibernate and JBoss Seam.

It was discovered that the Apache Santuario XML Security for Java project
allowed Document Type Definitions (DTDs) to be processed when applying
Transforms even when secure validation was enabled. A remote attacker could
use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system, causing a
denial of service. (CVE-2013-4517)

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application 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 Application 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/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform from RHUI 5 i386
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 x86_64
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 i386
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 x86_64
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 1045257 - CVE-2013-4517 Apache Santuario XML Security for Java: Java XML Signature DoS Attack

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform from RHUI 5

SRPM
x86_64
i386

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6

SRPM
xml-security-1.5.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: eea580dceb45bc7fe89d0256404f2a57b69f1044d6611f66e6e3bab7009d1263
x86_64
xml-security-1.5.6-3.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 3e5baab2c0d71ff2734d7ba918e3863274a7d4b21deee6a549ed20ead01aeda5
i386
xml-security-1.5.6-3.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 3e5baab2c0d71ff2734d7ba918e3863274a7d4b21deee6a549ed20ead01aeda5

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5

SRPM
xml-security-1.5.6-3.ep5.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: f3eef1efa9599ca99dc2f01fd4150beefe25411f951710aa4abecc388c8c6dc0
x86_64
xml-security-1.5.6-3.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8189d4b165ec111afcac65055a20c807fe32ae78afe27cd3a589676f9a3c6293
i386
xml-security-1.5.6-3.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 8189d4b165ec111afcac65055a20c807fe32ae78afe27cd3a589676f9a3c6293

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