Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871440
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for jakarta-taglibs-standard RHSA-2015:1695-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'jakarta-taglibs-standard'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'jakarta-taglibs-standard' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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 at the linked references. All jakarta-taglibs-standard users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Affected Software/OS: jakarta-taglibs-standard on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0254 BugTraq ID: 72809 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72809 Bugtraq: 20150227 [SECURITY] CVE-2015-0254 XXE and RCE via XSL extension in JSTL XML tags (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534772/100/0/threaded http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130575/Apache-Standard-Taglibs-1.2.1-XXE-Remote-Command-Execution.html https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc1686f6196bb9063bf26577a21b8033c19c1a30e5a9159869c8f3d38@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6c93d8ade3788dbc00f5a37238bc278e7d859f2446b885460783a16f@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1179e6971bc46f0f68879a9a10cc97ad4424451b0889aeef04c8077@%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8a20e48acb2a40be5130df91cf9d39d8ad93181989413d4abcaa4914@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfc2bfd99c340dafd501676693cd889c1f9f838b97bdd0776a8f5557d@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-taglibs-user/201502.mbox/%3C82207A16-6348-4DEE-877E-F7B87292576A%40apache.org%3E RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1695 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1695.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1376 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1838 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1838.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1839 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1839.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1840 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1840.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1841 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1841.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034934 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1751 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00033.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2551-1
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