ColdFusion Security hot fix APSB14-23

ColdFusion 11, ColdFusion 10, ColdFusion 9.0.2, ColdFusion 9.0.1, and ColdFusion 9.0 are affected with the vulnerabilities mentioned in the security bulletin APSB14-23. This article provides fixes for the security issue mentioned in the bulletin, along with the installation instructions.

Notes

1. Adobe strongly recommends blocking external access to the ColdFusion Administrator (/CFIDE/administrator) and Admin API (/CFIDE/adminapi). See the ColdFusion 9 Lockdown Guide and ColdFusion 10 Lockdown Guide for more details.
2. See important security hot fix-related notes published in previous security hot fixes here.

ColdFusion 11

In ColdFusion 11, use the hot fix installer to apply this update (ColdFusion 11 Update 2). The ColdFusion 11 Update 2 is a cumulative update. That is, it includes all the bug fixes from the previous update of ColdFusion 11. This update addresses a security fix. For more details, see this article.

ColdFusion 10

In ColdFusion 10, use the hot fix installer to apply this update (ColdFusion 10 Update 14). The ColdFusion 10 Update 14 is a cumulative update. That is, it includes all the bug fixes from the previous updates of ColdFusion 10. This update addresses few security fixes in addition to several other bug fixes. For more details, see this article.

Important note

If you have not applied the ColdFusion 10 Mandatory Update, then apply it first before applying this update. This step is not required if you have ColdFusion 10 Update 8 or later.

ColdFusion 9

If you have applied the previous security hot fix APSB13-27, see Section 1. If you have not applied the previous security hot fix APSB13-27, see Section 2.

Follow the instructions that apply to your version of ColdFusion. Do not apply these fixes to any beta or prerelease version of ColdFusion.

Important Note: Adobe has released few hot fixes for ColdFusion 9.X.X separately. These hot fixes address certain security vulnerabilities and are not part of any other cumulative or security hot fix. Users should apply these hot fixes separately. For more details, see the Additional hot fixes section.

Definition for ColdFusion-Home

In the following deployment options, {ColdFusion-Home} indicates the following:

• For Server installation: {ColdFusion-Home}
• For Multiserver installation:{JRun-Home}/servers/{YourServer}/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war/
• For J2EE installation: {cfusion-ear-Home}/cfusion-war/

Note

1. Hot fix files contain some of the previous security hot fixes.
2. In ColdFusion 9.0.x, do not remove any jar files that begin with chf from {ColdFusion-Home}/lib/updates (for Server installation) or {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib/updates (for Multiserver and J2EE installations) directory.
3. CFIDE-902.zip, CFIDE-901.zip, CFIDE-9.zip, and WEB-INF.zip included in the hot fixes contain only part of the CFIDE and WEB-INF files. Do not rename present CFIDE and WEB-INF directories.

Section 1

Use the following instructions if you have previously applied security hot fix APSB13-27.

ColdFusion 9.0.2

1. Download CF902.zip and CFIDE-902.zip. Extract both zip files.
2. In ColdFusion Administrator, select System Information page by clicking the icon "i" in the upper-right corner.
3. In the "Update File" text box, browse and select hf902-00007.jar located under CF902/lib/updates.
4. Click Submit Changes.
5. Stop the ColdFusion instance.
6. Go to {ColdFusion-Home}/lib/updates (for Server installation) or {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib/updates (for Multiserver and J2EE installations) directory. If hf902-00001.jar, hf902-00002.jar, hf902-00003.jar, hf902-00004.jar, hf902-00005.jar, hf902-00006.jar exist, move them to a backup location. Otherwise, ignore this step.
7. Go to {CFIDE-HOME} and make a backup of CFIDE folder.
8. Extract all the files in CFIDE-902.zip to merge in the web root directory that has {CFIDE-HOME} folder.
9. Start the ColdFusion Instance.
10. If there are multiple instances, repeat steps 2 through 9 for each instance.

ColdFusion 9.0.1

1. Download CF901.zip and CFIDE-901.zip. Extract both zip files.
2. In ColdFusion Administrator, select System Information page by clicking the icon "i" in the upper-right corner.
3. In the "Update File" text box, browse and select hf901-00012.jar located under CF901/lib/updates.
4. Click Submit Changes.
5. Stop the ColdFusion instance.
6. Go to {ColdFusion-Home}/lib/updates (for Server installation) or {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib/updates (for Multiserver and J2EE installations) directory. If hf901-00001.jar, hf901-00002.jar, hf901-00003.jar, hf901-00004.jar, hf901-00005.jar, hf901-00006.jar, hf901-00007.jar, hf901-00008.jar, hf901-00009.jar, hf901-00010.jar, hf901-00011.jar exist, move them to a backup location. Otherwise, ignore this step.
7. Go to {CFIDE-HOME} and make a backup of CFIDE folder.
8. Extract all the files in CFIDE-901.zip to merge in the web root directory that has {CFIDE-HOME} folder.
9. Start the ColdFusion Instance.
10. If there are multiple instances, repeat steps 2 through 9 for each instance.

ColdFusion 9.0

1. Download CF9.zip and CFIDE-9.zip. Extract both zip files.
2. In ColdFusion Administrator, select System Information page by clicking the icon "i" in the upper-right corner.
3. In the "Update File" text box, browse and select hf900-00013.jar located under CF9/lib/updates.
4. Click Submit Changes.
5. Stop the ColdFusion instance.
6. Go to {ColdFusion-Home}/lib/updates (for Server installation) or {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib/updates (for Multiserver and J2EE installations) directory. If hf900-00001.jar, hf900-00002.jar, hf900-00003.jar, hf900-00004.jar, or hf900-00005.jar, hf900-00006.jar, hf900-00007.jar, hf900-00008.jar, hf900-00009.jar, hf900-00010.jar, hf900-00011.jar, hf900-00012.jar exist, move them to a backup location. Otherwise, ignore this step.
7. Go to {CFIDE-HOME} and make a backup of CFIDE folder.
8. Extract all the files in CFIDE-9.zip to merge in the web root directory that has {CFIDE-HOME} folder.
9. Start the ColdFusion Instance.
10. If there are multiple instances, repeat steps 2 through 9 for each instance.

Section 2

Use these instructions if you have not applied security hot fix APSB13-27.

ColdFusion 9.0.2

1. Download CF902.zip and CFIDE-902.zip. Extract both zip files.
2. In ColdFusion Administrator, select System Information page by clicking the icon "i" in the upper-right corner.
3. In the "Update File" text box, browse and select hf902-00007.jar located under CF902/lib/updates.
4. Click Submit Changes.
5. Stop the ColdFusion instance.
6. Go to {ColdFusion-Home}/lib/updates (for Server installation) or {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib/updates (for Multiserver and J2EE installations) directory. If hf902-00001.jar, hf902-00002.jar, hf902-00003.jar, hf902-00004.jar, hf902-00005.jar, hf902-00006.jar exist, move them to a backup location. Otherwise, ignore this step.
7. Go to {CFIDE-HOME} and take a backup of CFIDE directory.
8. Extract all the files in CFIDE-902.zip to merge in the web root directory that has {CFIDE-HOME} directory.
9. Start the ColdFusion Instance.
10. If there are multiple instances, repeat steps 2 through 9 for each instance.

ColdFusion 9.0.1

1. Download CF901.zip and CFIDE-901.zip. Extract both zip files.
2. In ColdFusion Administrator, select System Information page by clicking the icon "i" in the upper-right corner.
3. In the "Update File" text box, browse and select hf901-00012.jar located under CF901/lib/updates.
4. Click Submit Changes.
5. Stop the ColdFusion instance.
6. Go to {ColdFusion-Home}/lib/updates (for Server installation) or {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib/updates (for Multiserver and J2EE installations) directory. If hf901-00001.jar, hf901-00002.jar, hf901-00003.jar, hf901-00004.jar, hf901-00005.jar, hf901-00006.jar, hf901-00007.jar, hf901-00008.jar, hf901-00009.jar, hf901-00010.jar, hf901-00011.jar exist, move them to a backup location. Otherwise, ignore this step.
7. Go to {CFIDE-HOME} and make a backup of CFIDE directory.
8. Extract all the files in CFIDE-901.zip to merge in the web root directory that has {CFIDE-HOME} directory.
9. Go to {ColdFusion-Home}/wwwroot/WEB-INF (for Server installation) and {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF (for MultiServer and J2EE installations) directory, make a backup of WEB-INF directory.
10. Go to CF901 directory. Extract all the files in WEB-INF.zip to merge in {ColdFusion-Home}/wwwroot (for Server installation) and {ColdFusion-Home} (for MultiServer and J2EE installations) directory.
11. Go to your {ColdFusion-Home}/lib (for Server installation) and {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib (for MultiServer and J2EE installations). Make a backup of given files, if they exist log4j.properties, validation.properties, ESAPI.properties, flex-messaging-common.jar, flex-messaging-core.jar, commons-fileupload-1.2.jar, esapi-2.0_rc10.jar.
12. Go to CF901/lib directory and copy all the files to {ColdFusion-Home}/lib (for Server installation) and {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib (for MultiServer and J2EE installations).
13. Start the ColdFusion Instance.
14. If there are multiple instances, repeat steps 2 through 13 for each instance.
    

ColdFusion 9.0

1. Download CF9.zip and CFIDE-9.zip. Extract both zip files.
2. In ColdFusion Administrator, select System Information page by clicking the icon "i" in the upper-right corner.
3. In the "Update File" text box, browse and select hf900-00013.jar located under CF9/lib/updates.
4. Click Submit Changes.
5. Stop the ColdFusion instance.
6. Go to {ColdFusion-Home}/lib/updates (for Server installation) or {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib/updates (for Multiserver and J2EE installations) directory. If hf900-00001.jar, hf900-00002.jar, hf900-00003.jar, hf900-00004.jar, hf900-00005.jar, hf900-00006.jar, hf900-00007.jar, hf900-00008.jar, hf900-00009.jar, hf900-00010.jar, hf900-00011.jar, hf900-00012.jar exist, move them to a backup location. Otherwise, ignore this step.
7. Go to {CFIDE-HOME} and take a backup of CFIDE directory.
8. Extract all the files in CFIDE-9.zip to merge in the web root directory that has {CFIDE-HOME} directory.
9. Go to {ColdFusion-Home}/wwwroot/WEB-INF (for Server installation) and {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF (for MultiServer and J2EE installations) directory, take a backup of WEB-INF directory.
10. Go to CF9 directory. Extract all the files in WEB-INF.zip to merge in {ColdFusion-Home}/wwwroot (for Server installation) and {ColdFusion-Home} (for MultiServer and J2EE installations) directory.
11. Go to your {ColdFusion-Home}/lib (for Server installation) and {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib (for MultiServer and J2EE installations). Make a backup of given files, if exist log4j.properties, validation.properties, ESAPI.properties, flex-messaging-common.jar, flex-messaging-core.jar, commons-fileupload-1.2.jar, esapi-2.0_rc10.jar.
12. Go to CF9/lib directory and copy all the files to {ColdFusion-Home}/lib (for Server installation) and {ColdFusion-Home}/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib (for MultiServer and J2EE installations).
13. Start the ColdFusion Instance.
14. If there are multiple instances, repeat steps 2 through 13 for each instance.
    

Additional hot fixes

ColdFusion integrated/installed with LCDS

Follow the instructions in the security bulletin APSB11-15 to apply the fix.

ColdFusion (9, 9.0.1 and 9.0.2) deployed on JRun

Follow the instructions in the security bulletin APSB13-19 to apply the fix.

Upgrading after installing the hot fix

If you have installed the hot fix for ColdFusion 9, and upgraded to ColdFusion 9.0.1, then apply the security hot fix for the update.