Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:1401 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-04-27
Updated:
2021-04-27

RHSA-2021:1401 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat Fuse 7.8.1 patch release and security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

A micro version update (from 7.8.0 to 7.8.1) is now available for Red Hat Fuse on Karaf and Red Hat Fuse on Spring Boot 2. The purpose of this text-only errata is to inform you about the security issues fixed in this release.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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

This release of Red Hat Fuse 7.8.1 serves as a patch to Red Hat Fuse on Karaf and Red Hat Fuse on Spring Boot 2 (7.8.0), and includes security fixes, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

  • bouncycastle: password bypass in OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility possible - Karaf (CVE-2020-28052)
  • bouncycastle: password bypass in OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility possible - Spring Boot 2 (CVE-2020-28052)

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 the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

Installation instructions are available from the Fuse 7.8.0 product documentation page:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_fuse/7.8/html/installing_on_apache_karaf/apply-hotfix-patch

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_fuse/7.8/html/deploying_into_spring_boot/patch-red-hat-fuse-applications

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Fuse 1 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1912881 - CVE-2020-28052 bouncycastle: password bypass in OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility possible

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.