RHSA-2020:2563 - Security Advisory

Topic

This is a security update for JBoss EAP Continuous Delivery 14.0.

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 CD14 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly application runtime.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform CD14 includes bug fixes and enhancements.

Security Fix(es):

• XML Frameworks: JBoss: JAXP in EAP 7.0 allows RCE via XSL (CVE-2017-7465)
• XML Frameworks: TransformerFactory in JBoss EAP 7 is vulnerable to XXE (CVE-2017-7503)

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.

You must restart the JBoss server process for the update to take effect.

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

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1439980 - CVE-2017-7465 JBoss: JAXP in EAP 7.0 allows RCE via XSL
• BZ - 1451960 - CVE-2017-7503 EAP: XXE issue in TransformerFactory

CVEs

• CVE-2017-7465
• CVE-2017-7503

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=distributions&product=eap-cd&version=14