RHSA-2015:1226 - Security Advisory

Sujet

An update for the PortletBridge component of Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2.0
that fixes one security issue is now available from the Red Hat
Customer Portal.

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 Portal is the open source implementation of the Java EE suite
of services and Portal services running atop Red Hat JBoss Enterprise
Application Platform.

It was found that JavaServer Faces PortletBridge-based portlets using
GenericPortlet's default resource serving did not restrict access to
resources within the web application. An attacker could set the resource ID
field of a URL to potentially bypass security constraints and gain access
to restricted resources. (CVE-2015-3244)

Red Hat would like to thank Liferay, Inc. for reporting this issue.

All users of Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2.0 as provided from the Red Hat
Customer Portal are advised to apply this update.

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 all
applications deployed on JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform, along with all
customized configuration files, and any databases and database settings.

Produits concernés

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

Correctifs

• BZ - 1232908 - CVE-2015-3244 JSF: Information disclosure due to missing access restriction in portlet resource dispatching

CVE

• CVE-2015-3244

Références

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=jbportal&downloadType=securityPatches&version=6.2.0