rhsa-2023_6207
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2023-10-31 13:05
Modified
2024-11-06 04:03
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.6 release and security update

Notes

Topic
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.6 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 update 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.
Details
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 5.7.6 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.5. 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): * tomcat: improper cleaning of recycled objects could lead to information leak (CVE-2023-42795) * tomcat: incorrectly parsed http trailer headers can cause request smuggling (CVE-2023-45648) 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.
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