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ArcGIS Server Security 2021 Update 2 Patch

Published: August 30, 2021

Summary

This security patch addresses multiple security vulnerabilities found in ArcGIS Server. Esri recommends that all customers using ArcGIS Server 10.9, 10.8.1, 10.7.1, and 10.6.1 apply this patch.

Description

EsriĀ® announces the ArcGIS Server Security 2021 Update 2 Patch. Esri recommends that all customers using ArcGIS Server 10.9, 10.8.1, 10.7.1, and 10.6.1 apply this patch. This patch deals specifically with the issue listed below under Issues Addressed with this patch.

 

Issues Addressed with this patch


  • ArcGIS Server Security 2021 Update 2 Patch
  • BUG-000113339 - The ArcGIS Server versions 10.6 or 10.7.1 export site operation returns the error message, "Export operation failed. null" within Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Microsoft Windows and Linux (or Azure). (10.7.1 only)
  • BUG-000139857 - Remote file inclusion vulnerability in the ArcGIS Server help documentation
  • BUG-000142180 - Stored XSS vulnerability in ArcGIS Server (10.8.1 and 10.9 only)
  • BUG-000142120 - SQL injection vulnerability in ArcGIS Server
  • BUG-000142204 - Setting a field invisible in a hosted feature service view requires hiding the field references from the templates.
To avoid conflicts on 10.9 this patch also addresses:
  • BUG-000141023 - Remove restrictions on interval parameters when used in enterprise hosted feature service layer queries.
  • BUG-000141022 - Hosted feature services in Enterprise need to return uncompressed responses when requested.

To avoid conflicts on 10.8.1 this patch also addresses:
  • BUG-000138234 - The WebGIS DR backup fails when attempting to create a service.
  • BUG-000137668 - Stored XSS vulnerability in ArcGIS Server Services Directory
  • BUG-000137663 - Stored XSS vulnerability in ArcGIS Server
  • BUG-000137662 - Reflected XSS in ArcGIS Server
  • BUG-000137658 - SSRF vulnerability in ArcGIS Server Manager.
  • BUG-000135919 - When the ArcGIS Server site import fails when using the DR tool, the site is not returned to a functional state.
  • BUG-000135918 - Importing an ArcGIS Server site using the DR tool may fail sporadically.
  • BUG-000135563 - If the field name is named with multibyte strings, using the WHERE clause as the query operation with the field fails.
  • BUG-000134113 - Only update service iteminfo when the Item Description fields are purposefully edited within Server Manager.
  • BUG-000133232 - Add support in ArcGIS Server to ensure ArcGIS Enterprise portal members with custom roles are able to delete their own services when the role includes administrative privileges such as 'View all members' and publisher privileges.
  • BUG-000132999 - In a multi-machine ArcGIS Server site, the restore process may not successfully unregister, and re-register the additional nodes.
  • BUG-000131992 - Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ArcGIS Server.
  • BUG-000127160 - Error enabling Location Tracking when the configuration store is in the cloud storage.

To avoid conficts on 10.7.1 this patch also addresses:
  • BUG-000137668 - Stored XSS vulnerability in ArcGIS Server Services Directory
  • BUG-000137663 - Stored XSS vulnerability in ArcGIS Server
  • BUG-000137662 - Reflected XSS in ArcGIS Server
  • BUG-000137658 - SSRF vulnerability in ArcGIS Server Manager.
  • BUG-000132311 - Unable to view service workspace information in Server Manager when the site's config-store is stored in S3/DynamoDB in AWS
  • BUG-000131992 - Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ArcGIS Server.
  • BUG-000130002 - 'GetFolders', 'GetDescriptions', and 'GetDescriptionsEx' requests fail in ArcGIS Server 10.7.1 deployments on Amazon Web Services.
  • BUG-000128892 - Caching with 64 or more instances on a single machine may fail despite sufficient system resources.
  • BUG-000128060 - ArcGIS Server has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) security vulnerability.
  • BUG-000127160 - Error enabling Location Tracking when the configuration store is in the cloud storage.
  • BUG-000127113 - Unable to connect to identity store using Asp.net using ArcGIS Server 10.7. or later after restarting the ArcGIS Server Windows service.
  • BUG-000125331 - CreateReplica with registerExistingData needs to account for service URLs with different machine names for hosted FS
  • BUG-000125214 - Optimize the deletion of services to avoid time-outs on deployments that include a large number of services.
  • BUG-000125044 - Hosted feature service has a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
  • BUG-000124991 - ArcGIS Server fails to fully import root or intermediate certificates.
  • BUG-000124867 - When attempting to download a managed map area in Collector for ArcGIS, the download fails due to an error that occurs between ArcGIS Server and the ArcGIS Web Adaptor replica access.
  • BUG-000124827 - On a multiple-machine ArcGIS Server site that has one or more cached map services that have been consumed through ArcMap or a SOAP client, publishing a service or stopping/starting a service causes all services on the machines to restart.
  • BUG-000124576 - Starting a map service with a Java SOAP server object extension (SOE) enabled fails with the error "javax/xml/bind/JAXBException".
  • BUG-000124287 - Publishing fails because enterprise database registration fails, even though it appears to work on the UI. This could happen on a machine configuration that has multiple Network cards.
  • BUG-000123103 - ArcGIS Server improperly handles an incorrect CORS origin.
  • BUG-000122285 - Scalability of 3D Scene Service is impeded by frequent reads/writes to the config store and directories.
  • BUG-000120535 - In the Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS serial chart in Portal for ArcGIS, sorting data by statistics in the Data Options configuration returns the warning message, "Cannot Access Data."

To avoid conflicts on 10.6.1 this patch also addresses:
  • BUG-000137702 - Addresses a crash in ArcGIS when working with PMF files
  • BUG-000137668 - Stored XSS vulnerability in ArcGIS Server Services Directory.
  • BUG-000137663 - Stored XSS vulnerability in ArcGIS Server.
  • BUG-000137662 - Reflected XSS in ArcGIS Server.
  • BUG-000137659 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) in ArcGIS Server Manager.
  • BUG-000137658 - SSRF vulnerability in ArcGIS Server Manager.
  • BUG-000134965 - There is a SQL injection vulnerability in ArcGIS Server.
  • BUG-000132034 - In Portal for ArcGIS, when the name of the attachment file is Japanese, an attached file is unable to open but can be downloaded.
  • BUG-000131992 - Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ArcGIS Server.
  • BUG-000131010 - The Find command in ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Servers REST endpoint takes exponentially longer to execute from 10.6.0 to 10.6.1.
  • BUG-000130724 - The Con method of the Spatial Analyst component RasterConditionalOp fails with error unexpectedly when called in a pre-10 syntax.
  • BUG-000128883 - The Register with Geodatabase geoprocessing tool loads and operates slowly in ArcMap when registering large spatial tables or views with an enterprise geodatabase.
  • BUG-000128381 - One-way replica synchronization fails with error: 'Synchronize Replica Failed [.] Table not registered [PEA.GDB_TEMP_USER_IDS]'.
  • BUG-000128060 - ArcGIS Server has a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) security vulnerability.
  • BUG-000126701 - Hosted services fail to restore if their associated view is alphabetically listed after the hosted service.
  • BUG-000126173 - GeoAnalytics Server doesn't support connections to Hadoop with Kerberos authentication when Hadoop's hadoop.rpc.protection property is set to "privacy" or "integrity".
  • BUG-000125044 - Hosted feature service has a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
  • BUG-000124827 - On a multiple-machine ArcGIS Server site that has one or more cached map services that have been consumed through ArcMap or a SOAP client, publishing a service or stopping/starting a service causes all services on the machines to restart.
  • BUG-000124386 - Correct the order of operations during importSite.
  • BUG-000124326 - Renaming an SDO_Geometry feature class fails on Oracle 19c.
  • BUG-000124325 - Create Spatial Type fails on Oracle 19c.
  • BUG-000124079 - Running block adjustment on imagery collection the second time may fail with missing default elevation value.
  • BUG-000123103 - ArcGIS Server improperly handles an incorrect CORS origin.
  • BUG-000122408 - A custom certificate for the server of the web server is not maintained when restoring a webgisdr backup.
  • BUG-000122285 - ArcGIS Enterprise 3D scene services deliver poor throughput and do not scale well across multiple GIS nodes.
  • BUG-000121595 - Occasional/Intermittent site creation and create service/Delete service issue with Server.
  • BUG-000120805 - ArcGIS Server has an access control issue.
  • BUG-000120195 - Failed to restore hosted services containing associated views.
  • BUG-000119801 - Sample fails when more than one mosaic datasets are input as input rasters.
  • BUG-000119759 - Improve the quality and performance of the Sample tool.
  • BUG-000119534 - Path Allocation produces incorrect results when the source characteristics are specified.
  • BUG-000119493 - Sink tool creates two unique values for sink regions that are diagonally connected. This is incorrect as diagonally connected sinks should be identified with a single unique value.
  • BUG-000119425 - The SummarizeRasterWithin and ConvertRasterToFeature tasks in ArcGIS Image Server crashes when trying to directly read an input image service collocated on a cloud raster store.
  • BUG-000119424 - Zonal Geometry as Table and Zonal Geometry tools generate incorrect results when a field other than value was used. In this case, the logic for calculating zonal geometry properties is not correct, and the software may crash.
  • BUG-000119423 - Watershed tool hangs when processing extent is set to a single cell catchment.
  • BUG-000119422 - Flow distance tool in modelbuilder does not display 'FlowDistanceType' parameter.
  • BUG-000119421 - Flow Distance tool produces NoData for majority of cells when input surface raster is not hydro conditioned.
  • BUG-000119419 - Euclidean Direction using high resolution data produces incorrect output.
  • BUG-000119323 - RasterToPolygon with "Create multipart features" enabled, locks the output for editing.
  • BUG-000119030 - Querying or selecting from a compressed file geodatabase over eight times in ArcGIS Desktop 10.6.1 is slower than in ArcGIS Desktop 10.5.1.
  • BUG-000118421 - If there are non-English characters in a connection string, the Copy Raster tool will return this error when importing a raster in an enterprise geodatabase, "ERROR 999999: Error executing function. No raster store is configured. Not running inside a server process. Failed to execute (CopyRaster).''
  • BUG-000118138 - ArcGIS Double fields with precision = 10 and scale = 0 in an Oracle geodatabase are altered automatically to Long Integer after previewing in ArcGIS 10.6.1/ArcGIS Pro 2.2 or later clients. An error is returned, "[ORA-01455: converting columns overflows integer datatype]" if the fields contain numbers larger than the maximum for a Long Integer (2,147,483,647).
  • BUG-000117983 - Access control issue in the ArcGIS Server tile handler.
  • BUG-000117954 - Scene service should ignore certificate errors while consuming scene caches in scene viewer.
  • BUG-000117633 - In 10.6.1 and prior, the message bus platform service may not be initialized correctly in all environments.
  • BUG-000117372 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Server Admin api.
  • BUG-000116972 - Collector for ArcGIS (iOS) fails to submit photo attachments to hosted feature layers in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1.
  • BUG-000116589 - Cost Path and Cost Path as Polyline with flow direction input for backlink raster is slow.
  • BUG-000116047 - Cost Path produces incorrect output when Flow Direction raster is used as input for distance and backlink raster.
  • BUG-000115799 - Vector Tile Layers hosted in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.6.1 do not overzoom successfully when viewed in the Map Viewer.
  • BUG-000115304 - In multiple ArcGIS Server machine sites, the ImportSite operation modifies the server machine property options pertaining to HTTPS on machines other than the one running the Importsite.
  • BUG-000115147 - When calling ITopologicalOperator::Buffer on a polygon, if the polygon is degenerated to a point, the buffer call crashes.
  • BUG-000113368 - Euclidean allocation, distance and direction tools are much slower in current version verses previous version of ArcMap.
  • BUG-000113339 - The ArcGIS Server 10.6 (or 10.7.1) export site operation returns the error message, "Export operation failed. null" within Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Microsoft Windows and Linux (or Azure).
  • BUG-000111075 - A feature service consumed in a GeoEvent Service fails to re-establish communication with the database once the database connection comes back after a communication failure.
  • BUG-000111075 - Service recycling after a DB connection failure does not happen for Feature Server.
  • BUG-000098315 - Sample return Null data, when input raster is Mosaic.
  • BUG-000096996 - ExtractMultiValuestoPoints, ExtractValuestoPoints returns error when the input points feature is a XY Event Layer.
  • BUG-000089296 - Feature service attachments in ArcGIS GIS Server are downloaded in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers, instead of being opened in a new browser tab or window.

 

Installing this patch on Windows

 

Installation Steps:

 

The ArcGIS product listed in the table must be installed on your system before you can install a patch. Each patch setup is specific to the ArcGIS product in the list. To determine which products are installed on your system, please see the How to identify which ArcGIS products are installed section. Esri recommends that you install the patch for each product that is on your system.

  1. Download the appropriate file to a location other than your ArcGIS installation location.

    ArcGIS 10.9  
       
    ArcGIS Server ArcGIS-109-S-SEC2021U2-Patch.msp
         Checksum
         (SHA256)
    CE35131B1DD2643A4C1843036572072BE1FA03230C0500B8DF3B42DDCB675AEB
       
    ArcGIS 10.8.1  
       
    ArcGIS Server ArcGIS-1081-S-SEC2021U2-Patch.msp
         Checksum
         (SHA256)
    AED467ADAAA40A615FDB746821589A35BF130B6DF49EC19A8CEF426616188E66
       
    ArcGIS 10.7.1  
       
    ArcGIS Server ArcGIS-1071-S-SEC2021U2-Patch.msp
         Checksum
         (SHA256)
    2A96095DE1525F4C16774A42982C2E2E00DD4AB7C22F58103DAC1849377852BE
       
    ArcGIS 10.6.1  
       
    ArcGIS Server ArcGIS-1061-S-SEC2021U2-Patch.msp
         Checksum
         (SHA256)
    6A175785A18BC4516FCC4A2D41B8CE6BCCA8F1684B04D1AA4202C510A7F17DB7
       

  2. Make sure you have write access to your ArcGIS installation location.
  3. Double-click ArcGIS-<Version>-S-SEC2021U2-Patch.msp to start the setup process.

    NOTE: If double clicking on the MSP file does not start the setup installation, you can start the setup installation manually by using the following command:


    msiexec.exe /p [location of Patch]\ArcGIS-<Version>-S-SEC2021U2-Patch.msp

 

Installing this patch on Linux

 

Installation Steps:

 

Complete the following install steps as the ArcGIS Install owner. The Install owner is the owner of the arcgis folder.

The ArcGIS product listed in the table must be installed on your system before you can install a patch. Each patch setup is specific to the ArcGIS product in the list. To determine which products are installed on your system, please see the How to identify which ArcGIS products are installed section. Esri recommends that you install the patch for each product that is on your system.

  1. Download the appropriate file to a location other than your ArcGIS installation location.


    ArcGIS 10.9  
       
    ArcGIS Server ArcGIS-109-S-SEC2021U2-Patch-linux.tar
         Checksum
         (SHA256)
    B5D3E67A207B9D7D232D301DD79A27957B33A85A135CC06754EF6422B6CB5690
       
    ArcGIS 10.8.1  
       
    ArcGIS Server ArcGIS-1081-S-SEC2021U2-Patch-linux.tar
         Checksum
         (SHA256)
    435AED1AF08155F5B083672B2229750F9868B438F4DE9B7E55EA7A756C7A0A8D
       
    ArcGIS 10.7.1  
       
    ArcGIS Server ArcGIS-1071-S-SEC2021U2-Patch-linux.tar
         Checksum
         (SHA256)
    5D79D3B6132D6DA12EC90A14F4B3C9B7EB477BE0366ABB1E6ABCE1EDB5FECA25
       
    ArcGIS 10.6.1  
       
    ArcGIS Server ArcGIS-1061-S-SEC2021U2-Patch-linux.tar
         Checksum
         (SHA256)
    EE372C32637AB4ECA07468CBFCCB39C092E1B93E89E28BD6EDB1C6296689160B
       
  2. Make sure you have write access to your ArcGIS installation location, and that no one is using ArcGIS.
  3. Extract the specified tar file by typing:


    % tar -xvf ArcGIS-<Version>-S-SEC2021U2-Patch-linux.tar
     
  4. Start the installation by typing:


    % ./applypatch

    This will start the dialog for the menu-driven installation procedure. Default selections are noted in parentheses ( ). To quit the installation procedure, type 'q' at any time.

 

Upgrade a geodatabase

When a hotfix or patch for ArcGIS has been applied, it may also be necessary to upgrade your geodatabase. See the Upgrade the Geodatabase section on the Geodatabase management page for your individual DBMS platform for more information.

 

Uninstalling this patch on Windows

 

  • To uninstall this patch on Windows, open the Windows Control Panel and navigate to installed programs. Make sure that "View installed updates" (upper left side of the Programs and Features dialog) is active. Select the patch name from the programs list and click Uninstall to remove the patch.

 

Uninstalling this patch on Linux

 

  • To remove this patch on versions 10.7 and higher, navigate to the <Product Installation Directory>/.Setup/qfe directory and run the following script as the ArcGIS Install owner:


    ./removepatch.sh

    The removepatch.sh script allows you to uninstall previously installed patches or hot fixes. Use the -s status flag to get the list of installed patches or hot fixes ordered by date. Use the -q flag to remove patches or hot fixes in reverse chronological order by date they were installed. Type removepatch -h for usage help.

  • Restart your ArcGIS services

 

Patch Updates

Check the Patches and Service Packs page periodically for the availability of additional patches. New information about this patch will be posted here.

November 24, 2021 The windows setup(s) of this patch have been updated with new digital signatures. This change addresses the possible install error:

A required certificate is not within its validity period when verifying against the current system clock or the timestamp in the signed file.

How to identify which ArcGIS products are installed

To determine which ArcGIS products are installed, choose the appropriate version of the PatchFinder utility for your environment and run it from your local machine. PatchFinder will list all products, hot fixes, and patches installed on your local machine.

Getting Help

Domestic sites, please contact Esri Technical Support at 1-888-377-4575, if you have any difficulty installing this patch. International sites, please contact your local Esri software distributor.



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