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Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.4 RHSA-2023-4909 Moderate: Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Cautionary security notice for Red Hat JBoss Web Server version 5.7.4 launched on RHEL 7, 8 and 9. Significant vulnerabilities resolved.
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 7, 8, and 9

Solution

Before applying the update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Web Server installation (including all applications and configuration files).

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, 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 5.7.4 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.3. This release includes bug fixes, enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in the References section.
Security Fix(es):
* apr: integer overflow/wraparound in apr_encode (CVE-2022-24963)
* Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS with excessive parts (CVE-2023-24998)
* tomcat: not including the secure attribute causes information disclosure (CVE-2023-28708)
* tomcat: Fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete (CVE-2023-28709)
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 DoS moderate severity information disclosure Red Hat JBoss Web Server

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24963 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24998 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28708 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28709 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 7 Server:
Source: jws5-tomcat-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.src.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.31-15.redhat_15.el7jws.src.rpm
noarch: jws5-tomcat-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-java-jdk11-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-java-jdk8-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-javadoc-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-lib-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-selinux-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm jws5-tomcat-webapps-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el7jws.noarch.rpm
x86_64: jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.31-15.redhat_15.el7jws.x86_64.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo-1.2.31-15.redhat_15.el7jws.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 8:
Source: jws5-tomcat-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el8jws.src.rpm jws5-tomcat-native-1.2.31-15.redhat_15.el8jws.src.rpm
noarch: jws5-tomcat-9.0.62-15.redhat_00013.1.el8jws.noarch.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4909-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4909
Issue date: 2023-09-04

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.4 on Red HatEnterprise Linux versions 7, 8, and 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory DoS moderate severity information disclosure Red Hat JBoss Web Server

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 8 - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7 for RHEL 9 - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2169465 - CVE-2022-24963 apr: integer overflow/wraparound in apr_encode

2172298 - CVE-2023-24998 Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS with excessive parts

2180856 - CVE-2023-28708 tomcat: not including the secure attribute causes information disclosure

2210321 - CVE-2023-28709 tomcat: Fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete

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