[RHSA-2014:1727-01] Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 security update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2014:1727-01
Product:           Red Hat JBoss Web Platform
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1727.html
Issue date:        2014-10-28
CVE Names:         CVE-2013-4517 
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1. Summary:

An update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 that fixes one
security issue is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

Red Hat Product Security 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:

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform is a platform for Java applications,
which integrates the JBoss Web Server with JBoss Hibernate and JBoss Seam.

It was discovered that the Apache Santuario XML Security for Java project
allowed Document Type Definitions (DTDs) to be processed when applying
Transforms even when secure validation was enabled. A remote attacker could
use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system, causing a
denial of service. (CVE-2013-4517)

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 as provided from
the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to apply this update. The JBoss
server process must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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 Web Platform installation (including all
applications and configuration files).

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

1045257 - CVE-2013-4517 Apache Santuario XML Security for Java: Java XML Signature DoS Attack

5. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4517
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=enterpriseweb.platform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.2.0

6. Contact:

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

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
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