[RHSA-2016:2657-01] Important: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.3

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.3
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2016:2657-01
Product:           Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2657.html
Issue date:        2016-11-04
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-7046 
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1. Summary:

Updated packages that provide Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
7.0.3, fixed several bugs, and added various enhancements that are now
available from the Customer Portal.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. 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. Description:

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is an application server
that serves as a middleware platform and is built on open standards and
compliant with the Java EE 7 specification.

This release serves as an update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application
Platform 7.0.2. It includes bug fixes and enhancements. Refer to the JBoss
Enterprise Application Platform 7.0.3 Release Notes for information about
the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

Security Fix(es):

* It was discovered that a long URL sent to EAP 7 Server operating as a
reverse proxy with default buffer sizes causes a Denial of Service.
(CVE-2016-7046)

3. Solution:

Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise
Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must
log in to download the update).

The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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

1376646 - CVE-2016-7046 undertow: Long URL proxy request lead to java.nio.BufferOverflowException and DoS

5. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7046
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/jboss-enterprise-application-platform/

https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=7.0

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-jboss-enterprise-application-platform/version-7.0/703-release-notes/

6. Contact:

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

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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