RHSA-2018:3518

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2018-11-06 18:53 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:06
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 security update
Severity
Critical
Notes
Topic: An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. 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.
Details: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server. This asynchronous patch is a security update for the RichFaces package in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2. Security Fix(es): * RichFaces: Expression Language injection via UserResource allows for unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2018-14667) See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3660371 for specific information regarding this flaw. For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Red Hat would like to thank Joao Filho Matos Figueiredo for reporting this issue.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
CVE-2018-14667

The RichFaces Framework 3.X through 3.3.4 is vulnerable to Expression Language (EL) injection via the UserResource resource. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code using a chain of java serialized objects via org.ajax4jsf.resource.UserResource$UriData.

9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Red Hat JBoss EAP 5
Red Hat / Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
 cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5 —
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Exploit Status CISA: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Impact Critical
References
Acknowledgments
Joao Filho Matos Figueiredo
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