Issued:
2015-02-17
Updated:
2015-02-17

RHSA-2015:0235 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3 roll up patch 2, which fixes multiple security
issues, several bugs, and adds various enhancements, is now available from
the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

Red Hat JBoss BRMS is a business rules management system for the
management, storage, creation, modification, and deployment of JBoss
Rules.

This roll up patch serves as a cumulative upgrade for Red Hat JBoss BRMS
6.0.3, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. It includes various bug
fixes, which are listed in the README file included with the patch files.

The following security issues are also fixed with this release,
descriptions of which can be found on the respective CVE pages linked in
the References section.

CVE-2012-6153 Apache HttpComponents client: SSL hostname verification
bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5783 fix

CVE-2014-3577 Apache HttpComponents client: SSL hostname verification
bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-6153 fix

CVE-2013-4002 xerces-j2: Xerces-J2 OpenJDK: XML parsing Denial of Service
(JAXP, 8017298)

CVE-2013-5855 Mojarra JSF: XSS due to insufficient escaping of
user-supplied content in outputText tags and EL expressions

CVE-2014-0005 security: PicketBox/JBossSX: Unauthorized access to and
modification of application server configuration and state by application

CVE-2014-0075 jbossweb: tomcat: Limited DoS in chunked transfer encoding
input filter

CVE-2014-0096 jbossweb: Apache Tomcat: XXE vulnerability via user supplied
XSLTs

CVE-2014-0099 jbossweb: Apache Tomcat: Request smuggling via malicious
content length header

CVE-2014-0119 jbossweb: Apache Tomcat 6: XML parser hijack by malicious web
application

CVE-2014-0193 netty: DoS via memory exhaustion during data aggregation

CVE-2014-0227 Tomcat/JBossWeb: Limited DoS in chunked transfer encoding input filter

CVE-2014-3472 jboss-as-controller: JBoss AS Security: Invalid EJB caller
role check implementation

CVE-2014-3490 RESTEasy: XXE via parameter entities

CVE-2014-3530 PicketLink: XXE via insecure DocumentBuilderFactory usage

CVE-2014-3558 hibernate-validator: Hibernate Validator: JSM bypass via
ReflectionHelper

CVE-2014-3578 spring: Spring Framework: Directory traversal

CVE-2014-3625 spring: Spring Framework: directory traversal flaw

CVE-2014-3682 jbpm-designer: XXE in BPMN2 import

CVE-2014-8114 UberFire: Information disclosure and RCE via insecure file
upload/download servlets

CVE-2014-8115 KIE Workbench: Insufficient authorization constraints

Red Hat would like to thank James Roper of Typesafe for reporting the
CVE-2014-0193 issue; CA Technologies for reporting the CVE-2014-3472 issue;
Alexander Papadakis for reporting the CVE-2014-3530 issue; and David Jorm
for reporting the CVE-2014-8114 and CVE-2014-8115 issues. The CVE-2012-6153
issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security; the
CVE-2014-0005 issue was discovered by Josef Cacek of the Red Hat JBoss EAP
Quality Engineering team; and the CVE-2014-0075, CVE-2014-3490, and
CVE-2014-3682 issues were discovered by David Jorm of Red Hat Product
Security.

All users of Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0.3 as provided from the Red Hat Customer
Portal are advised to apply this roll up patch.

Solution

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must
log in to download the update). Before applying the update, back up your
existing installation, including all applications, configuration files,
databases and database settings, and so on.

It is recommended to halt the server by stopping the JBoss Application
Server process before installing this update, and then after installing the
update, restart the server by starting the JBoss Application Server
process.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat JBoss Middleware Text-Only Advisories for MIDDLEWARE 1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1019176 - CVE-2013-4002 Xerces-J2 OpenJDK: XML parsing Denial of Service (JAXP, 8017298)
  • BZ - 1049736 - CVE-2014-0005 PicketBox/JBossSX: Unauthorized access to and modification of application server configuration and state by application
  • BZ - 1065139 - CVE-2013-5855 Mojarra JSF: XSS due to insufficient escaping of user-supplied content in outputText tags and EL expressions
  • BZ - 1072776 - CVE-2014-0075 Tomcat/JBossWeb: Limited DoS in chunked transfer encoding input filter
  • BZ - 1088342 - CVE-2014-0096 Tomcat/JBossWeb: XXE vulnerability via user supplied XSLTs
  • BZ - 1092783 - CVE-2014-0193 netty: DoS via memory exhaustion during data aggregation
  • BZ - 1102030 - CVE-2014-0099 Tomcat/JBossWeb: Request smuggling via malicious content length header
  • BZ - 1102038 - CVE-2014-0119 Tomcat/JBossWeb: XML parser hijack by malicious web application
  • BZ - 1103815 - CVE-2014-3472 JBoss AS Security: Invalid EJB caller role check implementation
  • BZ - 1107901 - CVE-2014-3490 RESTEasy: XXE via parameter entities
  • BZ - 1109196 - CVE-2014-0227 Tomcat/JBossWeb: request smuggling and limited DoS in ChunkedInputFilter
  • BZ - 1112987 - CVE-2014-3530 PicketLink: XXE via insecure DocumentBuilderFactory usage
  • BZ - 1120495 - CVE-2014-3558 Hibernate Validator: JSM bypass via ReflectionHelper
  • BZ - 1129074 - CVE-2014-3577 Apache HttpComponents client / Apache CXF: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-6153 fix
  • BZ - 1129916 - CVE-2012-6153 Apache HttpComponents client / Apache CXF: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5783 fix
  • BZ - 1131882 - CVE-2014-3578 Spring Framework: Directory traversal
  • BZ - 1148260 - CVE-2014-3682 jbpm-designer: XXE in BPMN2 import
  • BZ - 1165936 - CVE-2014-3625 Spring Framework: directory traversal flaw
  • BZ - 1169544 - CVE-2014-8114 UberFire: Information disclosure and RCE via insecure file upload/download servlets
  • BZ - 1169545 - CVE-2014-8115 KIE Workbench: Insufficient authorization constraints

CVEs

References

Red Hat JBoss Middleware Text-Only Advisories for MIDDLEWARE 1

SRPM
x86_64

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