RHSA-2026:56039

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2026-08-18 09:28 - Updated: 2026-08-19 04:47
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: An update for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs is now available.
Details: This update includes the following RPMs: tomcat11: * tomcat11-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-admin-webapps-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-common-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-docs-webapp-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-el-6.0-api-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-jsp-4.0-api-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-lib-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-servlet-6.1-api-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-user-instance-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-webapps-11.0.25-0.1.hum1 (noarch) * tomcat11-11.0.25-0.1.hum1.src (src)
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A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat. This uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability, located in the WebSocket chat example, allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting system resources. This can lead to the affected system becoming unresponsive or crashing.

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:tomcat11-main@noarch
Vendor Fix fix
Workaround
Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:tomcat11-main@src
Vendor Fix fix
Workaround
Threats
Impact Moderate

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