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Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1: RHSA-2018:2700-01 Important DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
New patch released for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1, classified as significant due to a vulnerability that may trigger DoS circumstances.
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1

Solution

Before applying the update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Web Server installation (including all applications and configuration files).

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a fully integrated and certified set of components for hosting Java web applications. It is comprised of the Apache HTTP Server, the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, Apache Tomcat Connector (mod_jk), JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), Hibernate, and the Tomcat Native library.
This release of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 5 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1, and includes bug fixes, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
* tomcat: A bug in the UTF-8 decoder can lead to DoS (CVE-2018-1336)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat bug fix security fix important dos jboss web server

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1336 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=webserver&downloadType=securityPatches&version=3.1 https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_web_server/3.1/html-single/red_hat_jboss_web_server_3.1_service_pack_5_release_notes/index

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2700-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2700
Issue date: 2018-09-12

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.Red Hat Product Security has rated this release as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat bug fix security fix important dos jboss web server

Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

1607591 - CVE-2018-1336 tomcat: A bug in the UTF-8 decoder can lead to DoS

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