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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2024.2063
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 Security update
5 April 2024
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2024-1635 CVE-2023-48795 CVE-2023-1973
CVE-2023-4639
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.5 CVE-2024-1635 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVSS Source: Red Hat
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application
Platform 7.4.16 Security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2024:1677
Product: EAP 7.4.16
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677
Issue date: 2024-04-04
CVE Names: CVE-2023-1973 CVE-2023-4639 CVE-2023-48795 CVE-2024-1635
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1. Summary:
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
7.4.
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 a platform for Java
applications based on the WildFly application runtime. This release of Red Hat
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16 serves as a replacement for Red Hat
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.15, and includes bug fixes and
enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.16
Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and
enhancements included in this release.
Security Fix(es):
* undertow: Cookie Smuggling/Spoofing [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-4639)
* apache-sshd: ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet Protocol (BPP)
[eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2023-48795)
* undertow: unrestricted request storage leads to memory exhaustion [eap-7.4.z]
(CVE-2023-1973)
* undertow: Out-of-memory Error after several closed connections with wildfly-
http-client protocol [eap-7.4.z] (CVE-2024-1635)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)
listed in the References section.
3. Solution:
Before applying the update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to
your system have been applied.
Also, back up your existing installation, including all applications,
configuration files, databases and database settings.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
4. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2185662 - CVE-2023-1973 - undertow: unrestricted request storage leads to memory
exhaustion
2166022 - CVE-2023-4639 - undertow: Cookie Smuggling/Spoofing
2254210 - CVE-2023-48795 - ssh: Prefix truncation attack on Binary Packet
Protocol (BPP)
2264928 - CVE-2024-1635 - undertow: Out-of-memory Error after several closed
connections with wildfly-http-client protocol
5. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1973
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4639
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-48795
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1635
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=7.4
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.4/
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/7.4/html-single/installation_guide/
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