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Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.0 RHSA-2022-7273-01 Moderate DoS Alert

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Calendar Grey November 2, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Security advisory for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.0 reveals moderate impact vulnerabilities. Critical updates and mitigation strategies are provided to address these issues.
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.0 zip release is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, and Microsoft 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 5.7.0 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.6.1. This release includes bug fixes, enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
* cxf: OAuth 2 authorization service vulnerable to DDos attacks (CVE-2021-22696)
* CXF: Denial of service vulnerability in parsing JSON via JsonMapObjectReaderWriter (CVE-2021-30468)
* tomcat: local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2022-23181)
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 Red Hat critical DoS moderate impact JBoss Web Server

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22696 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-30468 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23181 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List


Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:7273-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7273
Issue date: 2022-11-02

Topic

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.0 zip release is now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, and Microsoft Windows.Red Hat Product Security has rated this release 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 security update Red Hat critical DoS moderate impact JBoss Web Server

Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

1946341 - CVE-2021-22696 cxf: OAuth 2 authorization service vulnerable to DDos attacks

1973392 - CVE-2021-30468 CXF: Denial of service vulnerability in parsing JSON via JsonMapObjectReaderWriter

2047417 - CVE-2022-23181 tomcat: local privilege escalation vulnerability

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