[RHSA-2016:0041-01] Moderate: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1.5 update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1.5 update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2016:0041-01
Product:           Red Hat JBoss BRMS
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0041.html
Issue date:        2016-01-14
CVE Names:         CVE-2015-0250 
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1. Summary:

Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1.5, which fixes one security issue, several bugs,
and adds various enhancements, 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 BRMS is a business-rules management system for the
management, storage, creation, modification, and deployment of JBoss Rules.

This release of Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1.5 serves as a replacement for Red
Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1.2, and includes bug fixes and enhancements that are
documented in the README.txt file included with the patch files.

The following security issue is also fixed with this release:

It was found that batik was vulnerable to XML External Entity attacks when
parsing SVG files. A remote attacker able to send malicious SVG content to
the affected server could use this flaw to read files accessible to the
user running the application server, and potentially perform other more
advanced XXE attacks. (CVE-2015-0250)

All users of Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1.2 as provided from the Red Hat Customer
Portal are advised to upgrade to Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1.5.

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 installation, including all applications, configuration files,
databases and database settings, and so forth.

It is recommended to halt the server by stopping the JBoss Application
Server process before installing this update; after installing the
update, restart the server by starting the JBoss Application Server
process.

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

1203762 - CVE-2015-0250 batik: XML External Entity (XXE) injection in SVG parsing

5. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0250
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=brms&downloadType=securityPatches&version=6.1.0

6. Contact:

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

Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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