- Issued:
- 2017-12-07
- Updated:
- 2017-12-07
RHSA-2017:3400 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
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 is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server.
This asynchronous patch is a security update for log4j package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0.
Security Fix(es):
- It was found that when using remote logging with log4j socket server the log4j server would deserialize any log event received via TCP or UDP. An attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted log event that, during deserialization, would execute arbitrary code in the context of the logger application. (CVE-2017-5645)
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).
Affected Products
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1443635 - CVE-2017-5645 log4j: Socket receiver deserialization vulnerability
References
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.