RHSA-2019:4021 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.

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 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly application runtime.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.5 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.4, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.2.5 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

• undertow: HTTP/2: large amount of data requests leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-9511)
• undertow: HTTP/2: flood using PING frames results in unbounded memory growth (CVE-2019-9512)
• undertow: HTTP/2: flood using HEADERS frames results in unbounded memory growth (CVE-2019-9514)
• undertow: HTTP/2: flood using SETTINGS frames results in unbounded memory growth (CVE-2019-9515)
• wildfly-core: Incorrect privileges for 'Monitor', 'Auditor' and 'Deployer' user by default (CVE-2019-14838)
• wildfly: wildfly-security-manager: security manager authorization bypass (CVE-2019-14843)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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 - 1735645 - CVE-2019-9512 HTTP/2: flood using PING frames results in unbounded memory growth
• BZ - 1735744 - CVE-2019-9514 HTTP/2: flood using HEADERS frames results in unbounded memory growth
• BZ - 1735745 - CVE-2019-9515 HTTP/2: flood using SETTINGS frames results in unbounded memory growth
• BZ - 1741860 - CVE-2019-9511 HTTP/2: large amount of data requests leads to denial of service
• BZ - 1751227 - CVE-2019-14838 wildfly-core: Incorrect privileges for 'Monitor', 'Auditor' and 'Deployer' user by default
• BZ - 1752980 - CVE-2019-14843 wildfly-security-manager: security manager authorization bypass

CVEs

• CVE-2019-9511
• CVE-2019-9512
• CVE-2019-9514
• CVE-2019-9515
• CVE-2019-14838
• CVE-2019-14843

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=7.2
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.2/
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.2/html-single/installation_guide/