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Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 Important: RHSA-2021:1195-01

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
New Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 packages released for RHEL 7 and RHEL 8, resolving critical security vulnerabilities.
Updated Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 packages are now available for 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 5.4.2 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.1, and includes bug fixes, enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: NULL pointer dereference in signature_algorithms processing (CVE-2021-3449) * openssl: CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT (CVE-2021-3450)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update OpenSSL important openssl issue Important RHEL 7 Red Hat JBoss red hat jboss RHEL 8

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3449 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3450 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4 for RHEL 7 Server:
Source: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.25-4.redhat_4.el7jws.src.rpm
x86_64: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.25-4.redhat_4.el7jws.x86_64.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo-1.2.25-4.redhat_4.el7jws.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4 for RHEL 8:
Source: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.25-4.redhat_4.el8jws.src.rpm
x86_64: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.25-4.redhat_4.el8jws.x86_64.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo-1.2.25-4.redhat_4.el8jws.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1195-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1195
Issue date: 2021-04-14

Topic

Updated Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 packages are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.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 OpenSSL important openssl issue Important RHEL 7 Red Hat JBoss red hat jboss RHEL 8

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4 for RHEL 7 Server - x86_64

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4 for RHEL 8 - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1941547 - CVE-2021-3450 openssl: CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT

1941554 - CVE-2021-3449 openssl: NULL pointer dereference in signature_algorithms processing

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