Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:0066 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2016-01-25
Updated:
2016-01-25

RHSA-2016:0066 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.2.0 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.2.0 update 2, which fixes one security
issue and various bugs, 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 Data Virtualization is a lean data integration solution that
provides easy, real-time, and unified data access across disparate sources
to multiple applications and users. JBoss Data Virtualization makes data
spread across physically distinct systems—such as multiple databases, XML
files, and even Hadoop systems—appear as a set of tables in a local
database.

This update serves as a cumulative upgrade for Red Hat JBoss Data
Virtualization 6.2.0. It includes various bug fixes, which are listed in
the README file included with the patch files.

The following security issue is also fixed with this release:

A flaw was discovered in the way applications using Groovy used the
standard Java serialization mechanism. A remote attacker could use a
specially crafted serialized object that would execute code directly when
deserialized. All applications which rely on serialization and do not
isolate the code which deserializes objects are subject to this
vulnerability. (CVE-2015-3253)

All users of Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 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 your
existing Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization installation (including its
databases, applications, configuration files, and so on).

Note that it is recommended to halt the Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization
server by stopping the JBoss Application Server process before installing
this update, and then after installing the update, restart the Red Hat
JBoss Data Virtualization server by starting the JBoss Application Server
process.

Affected Products

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

Fixes

  • BZ - 1243934 - CVE-2015-3253 groovy: remote execution of untrusted code in class MethodClosure

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