Synopsis

Critical: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform from the Customer Portal.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java applications based on JBoss Application Server 7.

This asynchronous patch is a security update for JGroups package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 More information about this vulnerability is available at: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2360521

Security Fix(es):

• It was found that JGroups did not require necessary headers for encrypt and auth protocols from new nodes joining the cluster. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions, and use this vulnerability to send and receive messages within the cluster, leading to information disclosure, message spoofing, or further possible attacks. (CVE-2016-2141)
  

The CVE-2016-2141 issue was discovered by Dennis Reed (Red Hat).

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 6.4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 ppc64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 ppc64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 i386
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 i386
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 7 ppc64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 ppc64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 i386
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1313589 - CVE-2016-2141 Authorization bypass in JGroups
• BZ - 1343598 - RHEL6 RPMs: Upgrade jgroups to 3.2.16.Final-redhat-1
• BZ - 1343599 - RHEL5 RPMs: Upgrade jgroups to 3.2.16.Final-redhat-1
• BZ - 1343600 - RHEL7 RPMs: Upgrade jgroups to 3.2.16.Final-redhat-1

CVEs

• CVE-2016-2141

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7

SRPM
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: 18ee0aa3797e46fa75bc22bdb11de2debda0f3f129050746e168b7f18fc13432
x86_64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f39e2eeb919a8f96c03af09103b7a10e903cad3c2d628ada6ded9de02ce62d7b
ppc64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f39e2eeb919a8f96c03af09103b7a10e903cad3c2d628ada6ded9de02ce62d7b

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6

SRPM
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: e7841ffa99e2a90d9a81bcd356b8a10a81d0957883ee6ab9b0be6ceb15331a08
x86_64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 398c4f7bc795181550f4af2c1718e418e7fc50b2d1adb796dd9a6d3f8b424d70
ppc64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 398c4f7bc795181550f4af2c1718e418e7fc50b2d1adb796dd9a6d3f8b424d70
i386
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 398c4f7bc795181550f4af2c1718e418e7fc50b2d1adb796dd9a6d3f8b424d70

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5

SRPM
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0faefa14e81bdc2eb7733d47631f86b60464e306aeb9598dc7d79c3de2a0f69b
x86_64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6e071e7721661ce80e0a0983fbf13e1f760b3c4c1b54b4ff2885c0f8d6197aa5
i386
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6e071e7721661ce80e0a0983fbf13e1f760b3c4c1b54b4ff2885c0f8d6197aa5

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 7

SRPM
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: 18ee0aa3797e46fa75bc22bdb11de2debda0f3f129050746e168b7f18fc13432
x86_64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f39e2eeb919a8f96c03af09103b7a10e903cad3c2d628ada6ded9de02ce62d7b
ppc64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: f39e2eeb919a8f96c03af09103b7a10e903cad3c2d628ada6ded9de02ce62d7b

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6

SRPM
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: e7841ffa99e2a90d9a81bcd356b8a10a81d0957883ee6ab9b0be6ceb15331a08
x86_64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 398c4f7bc795181550f4af2c1718e418e7fc50b2d1adb796dd9a6d3f8b424d70
ppc64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 398c4f7bc795181550f4af2c1718e418e7fc50b2d1adb796dd9a6d3f8b424d70
i386
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 398c4f7bc795181550f4af2c1718e418e7fc50b2d1adb796dd9a6d3f8b424d70

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5

SRPM
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0faefa14e81bdc2eb7733d47631f86b60464e306aeb9598dc7d79c3de2a0f69b
x86_64
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6e071e7721661ce80e0a0983fbf13e1f760b3c4c1b54b4ff2885c0f8d6197aa5
i386
jgroups-3.2.16-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 6e071e7721661ce80e0a0983fbf13e1f760b3c4c1b54b4ff2885c0f8d6197aa5