RHSA-2016:2657 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.3, fixed several bugs, and added various enhancements that are now available from the Customer Portal.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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 7 is an application server that serves as a middleware platform and is built on open standards and compliant with the Java EE 7 specification.

This release serves as an update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.2. It includes bug fixes and enhancements. Refer to the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.3 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

• It was discovered that a long URL sent to EAP 7 Server operating as a reverse proxy with default buffer sizes causes a Denial of Service. (CVE-2016-7046)

Solution

Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).

The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1376646 - CVE-2016-7046 undertow: Long URL proxy request lead to java.nio.BufferOverflowException and DoS

CVEs

• CVE-2016-7046

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/jboss-enterprise-application-platform/
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=7.0
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-jboss-enterprise-application-platform/version-7.0/703-release-notes/