Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:1593 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2016-08-10
Updated:
2016-08-10

RHSA-2016:1593 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.3.2 security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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 BPM Suite is a business rules and processes management system
for the management, storage, creation, modification, and deployment of
JBoss rules and BPMN2-compliant business processes.

Security Fix(es):

  • A denial of service flaw was found in the way Spring processes inline DTD

declarations. A remote attacker could submit a specially crafted XML file
that would cause out-of-memory errors when parsed. (CVE-2015-3192)

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; 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 - 1239002 - CVE-2015-3192 Spring Framework: denial-of-service attack with XML input

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