Issued:
2015-01-12
Updated:
2015-01-12

RHSA-2015:0034 - Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0.0 security update

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0.0 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0.0 roll up patch 4, which fixes three security issues and various bugs, is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization is a lean data integration solution that provides easy, real-time, and unified data access across disparate sources to multiple applications and users. JBoss Data Virtualization makes data spread across physically distinct systems—such as multiple databases, XML files, and even Hadoop systems—appear as a set of tables in a local database.

This roll up patch serves as a cumulative upgrade for Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0.0. It includes various bug fixes, which are listed in the README file included with the patch files.

The following security issues are also fixed with this release:

It was found that Odata4j permitted XML eXternal Entity (XXE) attacks. If a REST endpoint was deployed, a remote attacker could submit a request containing an external XML entity that, when resolved, allowed that attacker to read files on the application server in the context of the user running that server. (CVE-2014-0171)

The HawtJNI Library class wrote native libraries to a predictable file name in /tmp when the native libraries were bundled in a JAR file, and no custom library path was specified. A local attacker could overwrite these native libraries with malicious versions during the window between when HawtJNI writes them and when they are executed. (CVE-2013-2035)

It was found that the security audit functionality logged request parameters in plain text. This may have caused passwords to be included in the audit log files when using BASIC or FORM-based authentication. A local attacker with access to audit log files could possibly use this flaw to obtain application or server authentication credentials. (CVE-2014-0058)

The CVE-2014-0171 issue was discovered by David Jorm of Red Hat Product Security; the CVE-2013-2035 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.

All users of Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0.0 as provided from the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to apply this roll up patch.

Solution

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update). Before applying the update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization installation (including its databases, applications, configuration files, and so on).

Note that it is recommended to halt the Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization server by stopping the JBoss Application Server process before installing this update, and then after installing the update, restart the Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization server by starting the JBoss Application Server process.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat JBoss MiddlewareText-Only Advisoriesx86_64

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