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[RHSA-2015:1695-01] Important: jakarta-taglibs-standard security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: jakarta-taglibs-standard security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:1695-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1695.html

Issue date: 2015-08-31

CVE Names: CVE-2015-0254

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1. Summary:

 

Updated jakarta-taglibs-standard packages that fix one security issue are

now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important 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. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch

 

3. Description:

 

jakarta-taglibs-standard is the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL).

This library is used in conjunction with Tomcat and Java Server Pages

(JSP).

 

It was found that the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) allowed the

processing of untrusted XML documents to utilize external entity

references, which could access resources on the host system and,

potentially, allowing arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-0254)

 

Note: jakarta-taglibs-standard users may need to take additional steps

after applying this update. Detailed instructions on the additional steps

can be found here:

 

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1584363

 

All jakarta-taglibs-standard users are advised to upgrade to these updated

packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

 

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

 

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

 

1198606 - CVE-2015-0254 jakarta-taglibs-standard: XXE and RCE via XSL extension in JSTL XML tags

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm

jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm

jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm

jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm

jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-11.7.el6_7.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm

jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm

jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.ael7b_1.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.ael7b_1.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm

jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.2-14.ael7b_1.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

 

Source:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.src.rpm

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):

 

noarch:

jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.2-14.el7_1.noarch.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

 

7. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0254

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1584363

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.

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