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Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 Launch: RHSA-2020:1520-01 Security Alert

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial security bulletin for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 updates, focusing on high-impact vulnerabilities.
Updated Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.0 packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

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 Tomcat Servlet container, JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), the PicketLink Vault extension for Apache Tomcat, and the Tomcat Native library.
This release of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.2, and includes bug fixes, enhancements, and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
* tomcat: Apache Tomcat AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1938) * tomcat: local privilege escalation (CVE-2019-12418) * tomcat: session fixation (CVE-2019-17563) * tomcat: Regression in handling of Transfer-Encoding header allows for HTTP request smuggling (CVE-2019-17569) * tomcat: Mishandling of Transfer-Encoding header allows for HTTP request smuggling (CVE-2020-1935)
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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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12418 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17563 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17569 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1935 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1938 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 for RHEL 6 Server:
Source: jws5-tomcat-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.src.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el6jws.src.rpm
i386: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el6jws.i686.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo-1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el6jws.i686.rpm
noarch: jws5-tomcat-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-javadoc-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-lib-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-selinux-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-webapps-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws.noarch.rpm
x86_64: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el6jws.x86_64.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo-1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el6jws.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 for RHEL 7 Server:
Source: jws5-tomcat-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws.src.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el7jws.src.rpm
noarch: jws5-tomcat-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1520-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1520
Issue date: 2020-04-21

Topic

Updated Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.0 packages are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this release as having a security impactofImportant. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVElink(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update security impact web server JBoss important release

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 for RHEL 6 Server - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 for RHEL 7 Server - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 for RHEL 8 - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1785699 - CVE-2019-12418 tomcat: local privilege escalation

1785711 - CVE-2019-17563 tomcat: session fixation when using FORM authentication

1806398 - CVE-2020-1938 tomcat: Apache Tomcat AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability

1806835 - CVE-2020-1935 tomcat: Mishandling of Transfer-Encoding header allows for HTTP request smuggling

1806849 - CVE-2019-17569 tomcat: Regression in handling of Transfer-Encoding header allows for HTTP request smuggling

6. JIRA issues fixed (https://redhat.atlassian.net/jira/projects):

JWS-1419 - java-headless requirement forces OpenJDK install

JWS-1463 - [ASF BZ 63356] OCSP_parse_url error while parsing Authority Information Access extension

JWS-1465 - Rebase tomcat-native to 1.2.23

JWS-1478 - rpm install/update overwrites context.xml for host-manager and manager applications

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