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.

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 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).

The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1639139 - CVE-2018-14667 RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution
• BZ - 1640782 - Tracker bug for the EAP 5.2.0 release for RHEL-6.

CVEs

• CVE-2018-14667

References