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Posted on 04 September 2023
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.4 release and security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4910-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4910
Issue date: 2023-09-04
CVE Names: CVE-2022-24963 CVE-2022-28331 CVE-2023-24998
CVE-2023-28708 CVE-2023-28709
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1. Summary:
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.4 zip release is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9,
and Windows Server.
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 5.7.4 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)
* apr: Windows out-of-bounds write in apr_socket_sendv function
(CVE-2022-28331)
* tomcat: Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS with excessive parts
(CVE-2023-24998)
* jws5-tomcat: 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.
3. 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
4. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2169465 - CVE-2022-24963 apr: integer overflow/wraparound in apr_encode
2172298 - CVE-2023-24998 Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS with excessive parts
2172556 - CVE-2022-28331 apr: Windows out-of-bounds write in apr_socket_sendv function
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
5. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24963
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-28331
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
https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=securityPatches&product=webserver&version=5.7
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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