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RHEL 7, 8, 9: RHSA-2023:3420 Important: JBoss Web Server Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial announcement regarding Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.3 that tackles multiple security vulnerabilities and introduces significant improvements.
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 7, 8, and 9

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 5.7.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.2. This release includes bug fixes, enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName (CVE-2023-0286) * openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation (CVE-2022-4304) * openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex (CVE-2022-4450) * openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF (CVE-2023-0215)
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 important update openssl fix RHEL 7 Red Hat JBoss RHEL 8 RHEL 9

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4304 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4450 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0215 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-0286 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 7 Server:
Source: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.31-14.redhat_14.el7jws.src.rpm
x86_64: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.31-14.redhat_14.el7jws.x86_64.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo-1.2.31-14.redhat_14.el7jws.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 8:
Source: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.31-14.redhat_14.el8jws.src.rpm
x86_64: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.31-14.redhat_14.el8jws.x86_64.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo-1.2.31-14.redhat_14.el8jws.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 9:
Source: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.31-14.redhat_14.el9jws.src.rpm
x86_64: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.31-14.redhat_14.el9jws.x86_64.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo-1.2.31-14.redhat_14.el9jws.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-2023:3420-02
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3420
Issue date: 2023-06-05

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.3 on Red HatEnterprise Linux versions 7, 8, and 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update 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 important update openssl fix RHEL 7 Red Hat JBoss RHEL 8 RHEL 9

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 7 Server - x86_64

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 8 - x86_64

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 9 - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2164440 - CVE-2023-0286 openssl: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName

2164487 - CVE-2022-4304 openssl: timing attack in RSA Decryption implementation

2164492 - CVE-2023-0215 openssl: use-after-free following BIO_new_NDEF

2164494 - CVE-2022-4450 openssl: double free after calling PEM_read_bio_ex

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

JWS-2933 - Update openssl from JBCS to versions from 2.4.51-SP2

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