Adobe has released security updates for ColdFusion versions 2018, 2016 and 11. These updates resolve three critical vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Product | Affected Versions | Platform |
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ColdFusion 2018 | Update 3 and earlier versions | All |
ColdFusion 2016 | Update 10 and earlier versions | All |
ColdFusion 11 | Update 18 and earlier versions | All |
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their installations to the newest versions:
NOTE:
The security updates referenced in the above Tech Notes require JDK 8u121 or higher (for ColdFusion 2016) and JDK 7u131 or JDK 8u121 (for ColdFusion 11). Adobe recommends updating your ColdFusion JDK/JRE to the latest version. Applying the ColdFusion update without a corresponding JDK update will NOT secure the server. See the relevant Tech Notes for more details.
Adobe recommends customers apply the security configuration settings as outlined on the ColdFusion Security page as well as review the respective Lockdown guides.
Vulnerability Category | Vulnerability Impact | Severity | CVE Numbers |
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File extension blacklist bypass | Arbitrary code execution | Critical (see note below) | CVE-2019-7838 |
Command Injection | Arbitrary code execution | Critical (see note below) | CVE-2019-7839 |
Deserialization of untrusted data | Arbitrary code execution | Critical (see note below) | CVE-2019-7840 |
Notes:
CVE-2019-7838: This vulnerability is exploitable only if the file uploads directory is web accessible.
CVE-2019-7839: This vulnerability does not impact ColdFusion 11.
CVE-2019-7840: Refer to the Tech Note for ColdFusion version for more information on mitigating this vulnerability.
Adobe would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
Badcode of Knownsec 404 Team (CVE-2019-7838)
Moritz Bechler (SySS GmbH) (CVE-2019-7839)
Brenden Meeder of Booz Allen Hamilton (CVE-2019-7840)
COLDFUSION 2018 HF1 and above
For Application Servers
On JEE installations, set the following JVM flag, "-Djdk.serialFilter= !org.mozilla.**;!com.sun.syndication.**;!org.apache.commons.beanutils.**", in the respective startup file depending on the type of Application Server being used.
For example:
Apache Tomcat Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘Catalina.bat/sh’ file
WebLogic Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTIONS in the ‘startWeblogic.cmd’ file
WildFly/EAP Application Server: edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘standalone.conf’ file
Set the JVM flags on a JEE installation of ColdFusion, not on a standalone installation.
COLDFUSION 2016 HF7 and above
This security update requires ColdFusion to be on JDK 8u121 or higher. Adobe recommends that you must manually update your ColdFusion JDK/JRE to the latest version. In case you do not update the JDK/JRE, simply applying the update would NOT secure the server.
For Application Servers
Additionally, on JEE installations, set the following JVM flag, "-Djdk.serialFilter= !org.mozilla.**;!com.sun.syndication.**;!org.apache.commons.beanutils.**", in the respective startup file depending on the type of Application Server being used.
For example:
On Apache Tomcat Application Server, edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘Catalina.bat/sh’ file
On WebLogic Application Server, edit JAVA_OPTIONS in the ‘startWeblogic.cmd’ file
On a WildFly/EAP Application Server, edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘standalone.conf’ file
Set the JVM flags on a JEE installation of ColdFusion, not on a standalone installation
COLDFUSION 11 HF15 and above
This security update requires ColdFusion to be on JDK 7u131 or JDK 8u121 or higher. Adobe recommends that you must manually update your ColdFusion JDK/JRE to the latest version. In case you do not update the JDK/JRE, simply applying the update would NOT secure the server.
For Application Servers
Additionally, on J2EE installations, set the following JVM flag, "-Djdk.serialFilter= !org.mozilla.**;!com.sun.syndication.**;!org.apache.commons.beanutils.**", in the respective startup file depending on the type of Application Server being used.
For example:
On Apache Tomcat Application Server, edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘Catalina.bat/sh’ file
On WebLogic Application Server, edit JAVA_OPTIONS in the ‘startWeblogic.cmd’ file
On a WildFly/EAP Application Server, edit JAVA_OPTS in the ‘standalone.conf’ file
Set the JVM flags on a JEE installation of ColdFusion, not on a standalone installation
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