Issued:
2013-02-04
Updated:
2013-02-04

RHSA-2013:0230 - Important: JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 security update

Synopsis

Important: JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An updated jbosssx2 package for JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team 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.

Description

The Enterprise Web Platform is a slimmed down profile of the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform intended for mid-size workloads with light and rich Java applications.

When using LDAP authentication with the provided LDAP login modules (LdapLoginModule/LdapExtLoginModule), empty passwords were allowed by default. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended authentication by providing an empty password for a valid username, as the LDAP server may recognize this as an 'unauthenticated authentication' (RFC 4513). This update sets the allowEmptyPasswords option for the LDAP login modules to false if the option is not already configured. (CVE-2012-5629)

Warning: Before applying this update, back up your existing JBoss Enterprise Web Platform installation (including all applications and configuration files).

All users of JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6 are advised to upgrade to this updated package. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
JBoss Enterprise Web Platform5x86_64
JBoss Enterprise Web Platform5x86_64
JBoss Enterprise Web Platform5i386
JBoss Enterprise Web Platform5i386

Updated Packages

  • jbosssx2-2.0.5-9.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm
  • jbosssx2-2.0.5-9.1.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm
  • jbosssx2-2.0.5-9.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el5.src.rpm
  • jbosssx2-2.0.5-9.1.SP3_1_patch_01.ep5.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information