Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0245-01 – Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java applications based on JBoss Application Server 7. This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.13 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.12, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References. Security Fix: It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0244-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0244-01 – Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java applications based on JBoss Application Server 7. This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.13 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.12, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References. Security Fix: It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0250-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0250-01 – The jboss-ec2-eap package provide scripts for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform running on the Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud. With this update, the jboss-ec2-eap package has been updated to ensure compatibility with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.12. Security Fix: It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3189-2
Ubuntu Security Notice 3189-2 – USN-3189-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Mikulas Patocka discovered that the asynchronous multibuffer cryptographic daemon in the Linux kernel did not properly handle being invoked with incompatible algorithms. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3189-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 3189-1 – Mikulas Patocka discovered that the asynchronous multibuffer cryptographic daemon in the Linux kernel did not properly handle being invoked with incompatible algorithms. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Qidan He discovered that the ICMP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check the size of an ICMP header. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN could use this to expose sensitive information. Various other issues were also addressed.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0248-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0248-01 – Red Hat JBoss BRMS is a business rules management system for the management, storage, creation, modification, and deployment of JBoss Rules. This release of Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References. Security Fix: It was found that the parsing of XMP and other XML formats in PDF by Apache PDFBox would expand entity references. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the application server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0249-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0249-01 – 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 6.4.1 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss BPM Suite 6.4.0, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References. Multiple security issues have been addressed.
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0246-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2017-0246-01 – Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 is a platform for Java applications based on JBoss Application Server 7. This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.13 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.12, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References. Security Fix: It was discovered that the jboss init script performed unsafe file handling which could result in local privilege escalation.
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3187-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 3187-1 – Andrey Konovalov discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled validation of incoming data. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that multiple memory leaks existed in the XFS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3188-2
Ubuntu Security Notice 3188-2 – USN-3188-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Andrey Konovalov discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled validation of incoming data. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.