- Issued:
- 2020-10-28
- Updated:
- 2020-10-28
RHSA-2020:4402 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3 security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.
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 7.3 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly application runtime.
This asynchronous patch is a security update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.
Security Fix(es):
- jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is vulnerable to XML external entity (CVE-2020-25649)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, see 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).
You must restart the JBoss server process for the update to take effect.
Affected Products
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1887664 - CVE-2020-25649 jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE)
CVEs
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=7.3
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.3/
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.3/html-single/installation_guide/
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.