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CVE-2022-35690: Adobe Security Bulletin
Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, the vulnerability is triggered when a crafted network packet is sent to the server.
Security updates available for Adobe ColdFusion | APSB22-44
Adobe has released security updates for ColdFusion versions 2021 and 2018. These updates resolve Critical, Important and Moderate vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution, arbitrary file system write, security feature bypass and privilege escalation.
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their installations to the newest versions:
Adobe recommends updating your ColdFusion JDK/JRE to the latest version of the LTS releases for JDK 11. Applying the ColdFusion update without a corresponding JDK update will NOT secure the server. See the relevant Tech Notes for more details.
Adobe also recommends customers apply the security configuration settings as outlined on the ColdFusion Security page as well as review the respective Lockdown guides.
- ColdFusion 2018 Auto-Lockdown guide
- ColdFusion 2021 Lockdown Guide
Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- rgod working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - CVE-2022-35710, CVE-2022-35711, CVE-2022-35690, CVE-2022-35712, CVE-2022-38418, CVE-2022-38419, CVE-2022-38420, CVE-2022-38421, CVE-2022-38422, CVE-2022-38423, CVE-2022-38424
- reillyb - CVE-2022-42340, CVE-2022-42341
ColdFusion JDK Requirement
COLDFUSION 2021 (version 2021.0.0.323925) 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 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.
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html , or email [email protected]
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