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[RHSA-2018:1780-01] Important: xmlrpc security update

Posted on 31 May 2018
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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: xmlrpc security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1780-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1780
Issue date: 2018-05-31
CVE Names: CVE-2016-5003
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1. Summary:

An update for xmlrpc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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. 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 Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

3. Description:

Apache XML-RPC is a Java implementation of XML-RPC, a popular protocol that
uses XML over HTTP to implement remote procedure calls.

Security Fix(es):

* xmlrpc: Deserialization of untrusted Java object through
<ex:serializable> tag (CVE-2016-5003)

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.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

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

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

1508123 - CVE-2016-5003 xmlrpc: Deserialization of untrusted Java object through <ex:serializable> tag

6. Package List:

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

Source:
xmlrpc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.src.rpm

noarch:
xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-common-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-javadoc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-server-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm

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

Source:
xmlrpc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.src.rpm

noarch:
xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-common-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-javadoc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-server-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm

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

Source:
xmlrpc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.src.rpm

noarch:
xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-common-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-javadoc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-server-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):

Source:
xmlrpc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.src.rpm

noarch:
xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-common-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-javadoc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-server-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm

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

Source:
xmlrpc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.src.rpm

noarch:
xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-common-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-javadoc-3.1.3-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm
xmlrpc-server-3.1.3-9.el7_5.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-2016-5003
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

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

Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.

 

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