RHSA-2016:2937 - Security Advisory

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

This release of Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.3.4 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.3.3, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes of the patch linked to in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

• Drools Workbench contains the path traversal vulnerability. The vulnerability allows a remote, authenticated attacker to bypass the directory restrictions and retrieve arbitrary files from the affected host. (CVE-2016-7041)

Red Hat would like to thank Jonas Bauters (NVISO) for reporting this issue.

Solution

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.

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

Affected Products

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

Fixes

• BZ - 1375757 - CVE-2016-7041 Drools Workbench: Path traversal vulnerability

CVEs

• CVE-2016-7041

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=bpm.suite&downloadType=securityPatches&version=6.3