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Posted on 02 November 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.0 release and security update
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
CVE Names: CVE-2021-22696 CVE-2021-30468 CVE-2022-23181
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1. Summary:
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.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this release as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Description:
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.
3. 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.
4. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
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
5. 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
6. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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