- Issued:
- 2016-01-14
- Updated:
- 2016-01-14
RHSA-2016:0042 - Moderate: Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.1.5 update
Synopsis
Moderate: Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.1.5 update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Moderate
Topic
Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.1.5, which fixes one security issue, several bugs, and adds various enhancements, is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.
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 BPM Suite is a business rules and processes management system for the management, storage, creation, modification, and deployment of JBoss rules and BPMN2-compliant business processes.
This release of Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.1.5 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.1.2, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the README.txt file included with the patch files.
The following security issue is also fixed with this release:
It was found that batik was vulnerable to XML External Entity attacks when parsing SVG files. A remote attacker able to send malicious SVG content to the affected server could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks. (CVE-2015-0250)
All users of Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.1.2 as provided from the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to upgrade to Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.1.5.
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 installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.
It is recommended to halt the server by stopping the JBoss Application Server process before installing this update; after installing the update, restart the server by starting the JBoss Application Server process.
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Middleware | Text-Only Advisories | x86_64 |
Fixes
CVEs
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
- This content is not included.This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=bpm.suite&downloadType=securityPatches&version=6.1.0
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.