-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Critical: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1328-01 Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1328 Issue date: 2016-06-23 CVE Names: CVE-2016-2141 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: A security update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 from the Customer Portal. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS - noarch Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES - noarch Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server - noarch Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server - noarch 3. Description: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications, which integrates the JBoss Application Server with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam. This asynchronous patch is a security update for JGroups package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2. More information about this vulnerability is available at: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2360521 Security Fix(es): * It was found that JGroups did not require necessary headers for encrypt and auth protocols from new nodes joining the cluster. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass security restrictions, and use this vulnerability to send and receive messages within the cluster, leading to information disclosure, message spoofing, or further possible attacks. (CVE-2016-2141) The CVE-2016-2141 issue was discovered by Dennis Reed (Red Hat). 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Also, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 installation (including all applications and configuration files). The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1313589 - CVE-2016-2141 Authorization bypass in JGroups 6. Package List: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS: Source: jgroups-2.6.22-2.ep5.el4.src.rpm noarch: jgroups-2.6.22-2.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES: Source: jgroups-2.6.22-2.ep5.el4.src.rpm noarch: jgroups-2.6.22-2.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server: Source: jgroups-2.6.22-2.ep5.el5.src.rpm noarch: jgroups-2.6.22-2.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server: Source: jgroups-2.6.22-2.ep5.el6.src.rpm noarch: jgroups-2.6.22-2.ep5.el6.noarch.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2141 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-jboss-enterprise-application-platform/?version=5 https://access.redhat.com/articles/2360521 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFXbFDZXlSAg2UNWIIRAiCqAKCvJ72OKjZx4UyHuChwsDH0bvtxogCgmBuw EIVtpM1cBLJzylHYBhqYN78= =3lK1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce