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Red Hat: RHSA-2021-1196-01 Important: JBoss Web Server Critical Fix

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 presents significant security enhancements targeting vulnerabilities linked to OpenSSL.
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 zip release is now available for 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.

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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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat OpenSSL security patch security impact important patch important update openssl issue JBoss Web Server red hat jboss

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

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1196-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1196
Issue date: 2021-04-14

Topic

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 zip release is now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 Red Hat OpenSSL security patch security impact important patch important update openssl issue JBoss Web Server red hat jboss

Relevant Releases Architectures

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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