- Issued:
- 2020-11-23
- Updated:
- 2020-11-23
RHSA-2020:5174 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.3 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 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):
- hibernate-core: SQL injection vulnerability when both hibernate.use_sql_comments
and JPQL String literals are used (CVE-2020-25638)
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 - 1881353 - CVE-2020-25638 hibernate-core: SQL injection vulnerability when both hibernate.use_sql_comments and JPQL String literals are used
CVEs
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=securityPatches&product=appplatform&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/.