Oracle Financial Services Data Foundation Application Pack Release v8.0.4.0.0 One-off Patch Release #3 (8.0.4.0.3)

OFS Data Foundation Application Pack is a separately licensed product.

Description

Bug # 25721882 - POSS ALERT CVE-2017-5638 STRUTS 2 UPG TO 2.3.32

Prerequisites

The pre-requisites required for this release is as follows:

·         The minimum patch set level should be OFSDF 8.0.4.0.0

·         Upgrade to Struts compatible version (2.3.32) using the steps mentioned in 2254323.1. Ignore this prerequisite, if this upgrade has already been done for other associated products.

Note: This patch contains critical security vulnerability fix on Apache Struts version. The Apache Struts 2.3.32 jars upgrade is optional for FSDF. If all the applications have provided Apache Struts 2.3.32 upgrade then the Struts 2.3.32 jars upgrade can be done.

How to Apply This One-Off Patch Release?

Perform the following steps to apply the one-off patch:

1.       Login to https://support.oracle.com/, and search for Bug# 25721882 under Patches and Updates tab.

2.       Download 25721882_GENERIC.zip archive file, and copy it to your OFSAA server in Binary mode.

3.       Shut down all the OFSAAI Services.

4.       Extract the contents of the patch archive file by using the command: unzip -a <name of the file to be unzipped>

For example: unzip -a 25721882_GENERIC.zip

Note: The above "-a" option is mandatory to unzip the patch. In case you notice an error message “unzip: not found [No such file or directory” when the package is not installed, contact your UNIX administrator to resolve this issue. For further details, refer to Oracle Financial Services Data Foundation Installation Manual Release 8.0.4.0.0 in OTN Documentation Library.

5.       Grant RWX (755) permissions for folder by executing  command: chmod -R 755 OFS_BFND

6.       Navigate to the path: <>/OFS_BFND/conf

7.       Update the UPLOAD_MODEL parameter value to 0 in params.conf file to skip model upload.

8.       Navigate to the path: <>/OFS_BFND/bin

9.       Execute the command: ./install.sh

10.    Verify the patch installation logs in the location <>/OFS_BFND/logs. Contact Oracle support in case of any errors.

11.    Upgrade to Struts compatible version (2.3.32) using the steps mentioned in 2254323.1

12.    Generate the application EAR/WAR file and redeploy the application in the configured web application server. For further details, refer to Oracle Financial Services Data Foundation Installation Manual Release 8.0.4 in OTN Documentation Library.

13.    Restart all the OFSAAI services. For further details, refer to Oracle Financial Services Data Foundation Installation Manual Release 8.0.0.0.0 in OTN Documentation Library.

List of Bugs Fixed

Bugs

Description

25721882

POSS ALERT CVE-2017-5638 STRUTS 2 UPG TO 2.3.32