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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: JBoss Web Services security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2013:1757-01
Product:           Red Hat JBoss Middleware
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1757.html
Issue date:        2013-11-21
CVE Names:         CVE-2011-2487 
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1. Summary:

An update for the JBoss Web Services component in Red Hat JBoss SOA
Platform 4.3 CP05 and Red Hat JBoss Portal 4.3 CP07, which fixes one
security issue, is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important 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.

2. Description:

Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform is the next-generation ESB and business process
automation infrastructure. Red Hat JBoss Portal is the open source
implementation of the Java EE suite of services and Portal services running
atop Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

JBoss Web Services leaked side-channel data when distributing symmetric
keys (for XML encryption), allowing a remote attacker to recover the entire
plain text form of a symmetric key. (CVE-2011-2487)

Red Hat would like to thank Juraj Somorovsky of Ruhr-University Bochum for
reporting this issue.

Warning: Before applying this update, back up your JBoss installation,
including any databases, database settings, applications, configuration
files, and so on.

All users of Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.3 CP05 and Red Hat JBoss Portal
4.3 CP07 as provided from the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to apply
this update.

3. Solution:

The References section of this erratum contains download links (you must
log in to download the update). Before applying this update, back up your
JBoss installation, including any databases, database settings,
applications, configuration files, and so on.

For both Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform and Red Hat JBoss Portal, it is
recommended to halt the server by stopping the JBoss Application Server
process before installing this update, and then after installing the
update, restart the server by starting the JBoss Application Server
process.

4. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

713539 - CVE-2011-2487 jbossws: Prone to Bleichenbacher attack against to be distributed symmetric key

5. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-2487.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=soaplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=4.3.0.GA_CP05
https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=jbportal&downloadType=securityPatches&version=4.3+CP07

6. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>.  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
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