A Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x 3.9.4 security update has been released.

RHSA-2020:4379-01: Important: Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x 3.9.4 security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x 3.9.4 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4379-01
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4379
Issue date: 2020-11-09
CVE Names: CVE-2020-25649
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1. Summary:

An update is now available for Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x.

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. For more information, see the CVE pages listed in the
References section.

2. Description:

This release of Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x 3.9.4 includes security
updates, bug fixes, and enhancements. For more information, see the release
notes listed in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

* jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is
vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE)(CVE-2020-25649)

For more details about the security issues and their impact, the CVSS
score, acknowledgements, and other related information, see the CVE pages
listed in the References section.

3. Solution:

Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including
all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and
so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link for the
update. You must be logged in to download the update.

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

1887664 - CVE-2020-25649 jackson-databind: FasterXML DOMDeserializer insecure entity expansion is vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE)

5. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25649
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=distributions&product=catRhoar.eclipse.vertx&version=3.9.4
  https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_build_of_eclipse_vert.x/3.9/html/release_notes_for_eclipse_vert.x_3.9/index

6. Contact:

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

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