Important: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 8 security update

Synopsis

Important: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 8 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this release as having a security impact of Important. 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.

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 HTTP Server, the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, Apache Tomcat Connector (mod_jk), JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), Hibernate, and the Tomcat Native library.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 8 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1, and includes bug fixes, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

• tomcat: session fixation (CVE-2019-17563)
  
• tomcat: local privilege escalation (CVE-2019-12418)
  
• tomcat: Apache Tomcat AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1938)
  
• tomcat: XSS in SSI printenv (CVE-2019-0221)
  

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.

Solution

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

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Web Server Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1713275 - CVE-2019-0221 tomcat: XSS in SSI printenv
• BZ - 1785699 - CVE-2019-12418 tomcat: local privilege escalation
• BZ - 1785711 - CVE-2019-17563 tomcat: session fixation when using FORM authentication
• BZ - 1806398 - CVE-2020-1938 tomcat: Apache Tomcat AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability

CVEs

• CVE-2019-0221
• CVE-2019-12418
• CVE-2019-17563
• CVE-2020-1938

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=webserver&downloadType=securityPatches&version=3.1
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_web_server/3.1/html/3.1.0_release_notes/index