-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: jboss-ec2-eap security and enhancement update for EAP 6.4.6 Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0124-01 Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0124.html Issue date: 2016-02-04 CVE Names: CVE-2015-0254 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated jboss-ec2-eap packages that add one enhancement and resolve one security issue are now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat JBoss EAP 6.4 for RHEL 6 - noarch 3. Description: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java EE applications. It is based on JBoss Application Server 7 and incorporates multiple open-source projects to provide a complete Java EE platform solution. It was found that the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) allowed the processing of untrusted XML documents to utilize external entity references, which could access resources on the host system and, potentially, allowing arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-0254) Note: Tag Library users may need to take additional steps after applying this update. Detailed instructions on the additional steps can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1584363 Red Hat would like to thank David Jorm of IIX, and the Apache Software Foundation for reporting the CVE-2015-0254 flaw. * The jboss-ec2-eap packages provide scripts for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). With this update, the packages have been updated to ensure compatibility with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.6. All users of EAP 6.4.5 jboss-ec2-eap are advised to upgrade to these updated packages. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Also, make sure to back up any modified configuration files, deployments, and all user data. After applying the update, restart the instance of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for the changes to take effect. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1198606 - CVE-2015-0254 jakarta-taglibs-standard: XXE and RCE via XSL extension in JSTL XML tags 6. Package List: Red Hat JBoss EAP 6.4 for RHEL 6: Source: jboss-ec2-eap-7.5.6-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el6.src.rpm noarch: jboss-ec2-eap-7.5.6-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm jboss-ec2-eap-samples-7.5.6-1.Final_redhat_1.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0254 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/6.4/index.html https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1584363 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFWs8cwXlSAg2UNWIIRAhCZAJ9NOrBsVc/vQU2BMpPXr+pW81qrzQCeL/8t 4G4QjznZShuKZdLliVWVNMs= =3IbM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce