Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.7 release and security update

Topic

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.7 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.

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 5.7.7 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.6. 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):

• jbcs-httpd24-openssl: OpenSSL: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter

value (CVE-2023-3817)

• openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters (CVE-2023-3446)
• openssl: Certificate policy check not enabled (CVE-2023-0466)
• openssl: Invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates are silently

ignored (CVE-2023-0465)

• openssl: Denial of service by excessive resource usage in verifying X509

policy constraints (CVE-2023-0464)

• tomcat: FileUpload: DoS due to accumulation of temporary files on Windows

(CVE-2023-42794)

• tomcat: Open Redirect vulnerability in FORM authentication (CVE-2023-41080)
• openssl: Possible DoS translating ASN.1 object identifiers (CVE-2023-2650)

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 for the update. You must be logged in to download the update.

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Web Server Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2181082 - CVE-2023-0464 openssl: Denial of service by excessive resource usage in verifying X509 policy constraints
• BZ - 2182561 - CVE-2023-0465 openssl: Invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates are silently ignored
• BZ - 2182565 - CVE-2023-0466 openssl: Certificate policy check not enabled
• BZ - 2207947 - CVE-2023-2650 openssl: Possible DoS translating ASN.1 object identifiers
• BZ - 2224962 - CVE-2023-3446 openssl: Excessive time spent checking DH keys and parameters
• BZ - 2227852 - CVE-2023-3817 OpenSSL: Excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value
• BZ - 2235370 - CVE-2023-41080 tomcat: Open Redirect vulnerability in FORM authentication

CVEs

• CVE-2023-0464
• CVE-2023-0465
• CVE-2023-0466
• CVE-2023-2650
• CVE-2023-3446
• CVE-2023-3817
• CVE-2023-41080
• CVE-2023-42794

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate