Synopsis

Critical: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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 the RichFaces package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.

Security Fix(es):

• RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2018-14667)

See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371 for specific information regarding this flaw.

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 Joao Filho Matos Figueiredo for reporting this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, back up your existing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation (including all applications and configuration files) and make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 i386
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1639139 - CVE-2018-14667 RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution
• BZ - 1640767 - Tracker bug for the EAP 5.2.0 release for RHEL-5.

CVEs

• CVE-2018-14667

References