- Issued:
- 2018-08-15
- Updated:
- 2018-08-15
RHSA-2018:2420 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4.11 security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss BRMS.
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 BRMS is a business rules management system for the management, storage, creation, modification, and deployment of JBoss Rules.
This release of Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4.11 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4.10, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
- slf4j: Deserialisation vulnerability in EventData constructor can allow for arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-8088)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Chris McCown 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 - 1548909 - CVE-2018-8088 slf4j: Deserialisation vulnerability in EventData constructor can allow for arbitrary code execution
CVEs
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