Issued:

2014-10-28

Updated:

2014-10-28

RHSA-2014:1728 - Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 security update

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated packages for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate 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

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform is a platform for Java applications, which integrates the JBoss Web Server with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam.

It was discovered that the Apache Santuario XML Security for Java project allowed Document Type Definitions (DTDs) to be processed when applying Transforms even when secure validation was enabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4517)

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages. 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. Also, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5 installation (including all applications and configuration files).

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

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• xml-security-1.5.6-3.el6.src.rpm
• xml-security-1.5.6-3.el6.noarch.rpm
• xml-security-1.5.6-3.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm
• xml-security-1.5.6-3.ep5.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1045257

CVEs

• CVE-2013-4517

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.