RHSA-2024:5147 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4. 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 7.4.18 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.17, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.18 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

• undertow: response write hangs in case of Java 17 TLSv1.3 NewSessionTicket [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-5971)
• undertow: LearningPushHandler can lead to remote memory DoS attacks [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-3653)
• org.bouncycastle-bcprov-jdk18on: BouncyCastle vulnerable to a timing variant of Bleichenbacher (Marvin Attack) [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-30171)
• org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on: org.bouncycastle: Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters may lead to Denial of Service [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-29857)
• netty-codec-http: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-29025)
• org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on: Infinite loop in ED25519 verification in the ScalarUtil class [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-30172)
• HTTP-2: httpd: CONTINUATION frames DoS [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-27316)

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, ensure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Also, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2268277 - CVE-2024-27316 httpd: CONTINUATION frames DoS
• BZ - 2272907 - CVE-2024-29025 netty-codec-http: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
• BZ - 2274437 - CVE-2024-3653 undertow: LearningPushHandler can lead to remote memory DoS attacks
• BZ - 2276360 - CVE-2024-30171 bc-java: BouncyCastle vulnerable to a timing variant of Bleichenbacher (Marvin Attack)
• BZ - 2292211 - CVE-2024-5971 undertow: response write hangs in case of Java 17 TLSv1.3 NewSessionTicket
• BZ - 2293025 - CVE-2024-30172 org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on: Infinite loop in ED25519 verification in the ScalarUtil class
• BZ - 2293028 - CVE-2024-29857 org.bouncycastle: Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters may lead to Denial of Service
• JBEAP-26292 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Ironjacamar from 1.5.16.Final-redhat-00001 to 1.5.17.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-27017 - (7.4.z) Upgrade HAL from 3.3.22.Final-redhat-00001 to 3.3.23.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-27056 - [GSS](7.4.z) Upgrade Jandex from jandex-2.4.4.Final-redhat-00001 to jandex-2.4.5.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-27078 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Wildfly Core from 15.0.36.Final-redhat-00001 to 15.0.37.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-27079 - (7.4.z) Upgrade undertow from 2.2.32.SP1-redhat-00001 to 2.2.33.SP1-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-27101 - (7.4.z) Upgrade log4j-jboss-logmanager from 1.2.2.Final-redhat-00002 to 1.3.1.Final-redhat-00002
• JBEAP-27181 - (7.4.z) Upgrade bouncycastle from 1.76.0.redhat-00001 to 1.78.1.redhat-00002
• JBEAP-27290 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Netty to 4.1.108.Final and netty-xnio-transport to 0.1.10.Final
• JBEAP-27352 - (7.4.z) Upgrade JBoss Remoting from 5.0.27.SP2-redhat-00001 to 5.0.29.Final-redhat-00001
• JBEAP-27353 - (7.4.z) Upgrade XNIO from 3.8.12.SP2-redhat-00001 to 3.8.16.Final-redhat-00001

CVEs

• CVE-2024-3653
• CVE-2024-5971
• CVE-2024-27316
• CVE-2024-29025
• CVE-2024-29857
• CVE-2024-30171
• CVE-2024-30172

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/articles/7073034
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=7.4
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.4/
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.4/html-single/installation_guide/