RHSA-2018:2946 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes.

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 Openshift Application Runtimes provides an application platform
that reduces the complexity of developing and operating applications
(monoliths and microservices) for OpenShift as a containerized platform.

The RHOAR Eclipse Vert.x 3.5.4 release serves as a replacement for RHOAR Eclipse Vert.x 3.5.3, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. For a detailed list of issues resolved in the community Eclipse Vert.x 3.5.4 release, see the release notes in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

• vertx: WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation holds the entire http request in memory before the handshake (CVE-2018-12541)
• vertx: API Validation XML Schemas do not forbid file system access (CVE-2018-12544)

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.

Solution

Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Openshift Application Runtimes Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1638384 - CVE-2018-12544 vertx: API Validation XML Schemas do not forbid file system access
• BZ - 1638391 - CVE-2018-12541 vertx: WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation holds the entire http request in memory before the handshake

CVEs

• CVE-2018-12541
• CVE-2018-12544

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=distributions&product=catRhoar.eclipse.vertx&version=3.5.4
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_application_runtimes/1/html-single/red_hat_openshift_application_runtimes_release_notes/