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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2019-2205-01 Moderate Tomcat Security

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for tomcat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

Summary

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies.
Security Fix(es):
* tomcat: Incorrect handling of empty string URL in security constraints can lead to unintended exposure of resources (CVE-2018-1304)
* tomcat: Late application of security constraints can lead to resource exposure for unauthorised users (CVE-2018-1305)
* tomcat: Insecure defaults in CORS filter enable 'supportsCredentials' for all origins (CVE-2018-8014)
* tomcat: Host name verification missing in WebSocket client (CVE-2018-8034)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat bug fix tomcat resource exposure

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1304 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1305 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8014 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8034 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: tomcat-7.0.76-9.el7.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: tomcat-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-javadoc-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsvc-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-lib-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-webapps-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: tomcat-7.0.76-9.el7.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch: tomcat-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-javadoc-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsvc-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-lib-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-webapps-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: tomcat-7.0.76-9.el7.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.76-9.el7.noarch.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2205-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2205
Issue date: 2019-08-06

Topic

An update for tomcat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat bug fix tomcat resource exposure

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1472950 - shutdown_wait option is not working for Tomcat

1548282 - CVE-2018-1305 tomcat: Late application of security constraints can lead to resource exposure for unauthorised users1548289 - CVE-2018-1304 tomcat: Incorrect handling of empty string URL in security constraints can lead to unintended exposure of resources

1579611 - CVE-2018-8014 tomcat: Insecure defaults in CORS filter enable 'supportsCredentials' for all origins

1588703 - Backport of Negative maxCookieCount value causes exception for Tomcat

1607580 - CVE-2018-8034 tomcat: Host name verification missing in WebSocket client

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