[RHSA-2012:1301-01] Moderate: JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform 5.3.0 update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform 5.3.0 update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2012:1301-01
Product:           JBoss Enterprise Middleware
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1301.html
Issue date:        2012-09-20
CVE Names:         CVE-2012-3431 
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1. Summary:

JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform 5.3.0 roll up patch 1, which fixes
one security issue and various bugs, is now available from the Red Hat
Customer Portal.

The Red Hat Security Response Team 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.

2. Description:

JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform extends JBoss Enterprise SOA
Platform to provide services for data virtualization, federation, and
integration.

This roll up patch serves as a cumulative upgrade for JBoss Enterprise Data
Services Platform 5.3.0. It includes various bug fixes. The following
security issue is also fixed with this release:

It was found that the Teiid JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) socket did
not encrypt client log in messages by default. A man-in-the-middle
attacker could use this flaw to obtain log in credentials and other JDBC
traffic. (CVE-2012-3431)

This issue was discovered by Steven Hawkins of Red Hat.

All users of JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform 5.3.0 as provided from
the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to apply this roll up patch.

3. 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 JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform installation (including
its databases, applications, configuration files, and so on).

Note that it is recommended to halt the JBoss Enterprise Data Services
Platform server by stopping the JBoss Application Server process before
installing this update, and then after installing the update, restart the
JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform server by starting the JBoss
Application Server process.

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

843669 - CVE-2012-3431 Teiid: JDBC socket does not encrypt client login messages by default

5. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-3431.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=data.services.platform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.3.0+GA

6. Contact:

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

Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
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