===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7 Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:1836-01 Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1836 Issue date: 2017-07-31 CVE Names: CVE-2016-4978 CVE-2017-7525 =====================================================================
1. Summary:
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Description:
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server.
This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.7 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.6, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
* A deserialization flaw was discovered in jackson-databind which could allow an unauthenticated user to perform code execution by sending maliciously crafted input to the readValue method of the ObjectMapper. (CVE-2017-7525)
* It was found that use of a JMS ObjectMessage does not safely handle user-supplied data when deserializing objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application using the JMS ObjectMessage. (CVE-2016-4978)
Red Hat would like to thank Liao Xinxi (NSFOCUS) for reporting CVE-2017-7525.
3. Solution:
Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.
The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).
