Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:2536 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2015-12-01
Updated:
2015-12-01

RHSA-2015:2536 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

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Topic

Updated packages that fix one security issue for the Apache
commons-collections library for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application
Platform 6.3 are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Critical 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 6 is a platform for Java
applications based on JBoss Application Server 7.

It was found that the Apache commons-collections library permitted code
execution when deserializing objects involving a specially constructed
chain of classes. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute
arbitrary code with the permissions of the application using the
commons-collections library. (CVE-2015-7501)

Further information about this security flaw may be found at:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2045023

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 x86_64
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7 ppc64
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 6 x86_64
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 6 ppc64
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 6 i386
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 5 x86_64
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 1279330 - CVE-2015-7501 apache-commons-collections: InvokerTransformer code execution during deserialisation

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 7

SRPM
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 65704c1e55723f62ab84713c49531387f4ea0dc2d60dba8f4f0b6da66b66e2a7
x86_64
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ace463fabf2b51b7ea384daf0dc967ddb01509e31830ec7eefbc0a6156ded48b
ppc64
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: ace463fabf2b51b7ea384daf0dc967ddb01509e31830ec7eefbc0a6156ded48b

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 6

SRPM
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 751e90b1b0acf06bdfd9fe4b5263243dce308b1630dd5ab494d1a7dc5a94e158
x86_64
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7f63aee9062f32f300b91e5fbcd0626baee5402e8d2fc43b306f1bfe8809d046
ppc64
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7f63aee9062f32f300b91e5fbcd0626baee5402e8d2fc43b306f1bfe8809d046
i386
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7f63aee9062f32f300b91e5fbcd0626baee5402e8d2fc43b306f1bfe8809d046

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 for RHEL 5

SRPM
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: 8e86bd694d21e534561b4d51060d49be7e0277be3f05ffaad2250888c9c6c06f
x86_64
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a0f984084da46b65b42ac5ede25b771f6aa52f34b524ef659c25720593ca0242
i386
apache-commons-collections-eap6-3.2.1-16.redhat_5.1.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a0f984084da46b65b42ac5ede25b771f6aa52f34b524ef659c25720593ca0242

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