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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2020-3308-01 Important: JBoss Web Server DoS

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Calendar Grey August 4, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Notice: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.2 patch released to mitigate several DoS vulnerabilities affecting Red Hat systems.
Updated Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.2 packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Windows

Solution

Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link for the update. You must be logged in to download the update.

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 5.3.2 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.1, and includes bug fixes, enhancements, and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
* tomcat: OutOfMemoryException caused by HTTP/2 connection leak could lead to DoS (CVE-2020-13934) * tomcat: multiple requests with invalid payload length in a WebSocket frame could lead to DoS (CVE-2020-13935)
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 security update DoS Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact JBoss Web Server

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13934 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13935 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=webserver&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.3 https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_web_server/5.3/

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3308-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3308
Issue date: 2020-08-04

Topic

Updated Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3.2 packages are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8 and Windows.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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update DoS Red Hat Enterprise Linux security impact JBoss Web Server

Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

1857024 - CVE-2020-13935 tomcat: multiple requests with invalid payload length in a WebSocket frame could lead to DoS

1857040 - CVE-2020-13934 tomcat: OutOfMemoryException caused by HTTP/2 connection leak could lead to DoS

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