Issued:
2013-03-11
Updated:
2013-03-11

RHSA-2013:0632 - Moderate: jbossweb security update


Synopsis

Moderate: jbossweb security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

An update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 which fixes multiple security issues is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

JBoss Web is the web container, based on Apache Tomcat, in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. It provides a single deployment platform for the JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Java Servlet technologies.

Multiple weaknesses were found in the JBoss Web DIGEST authentication implementation, effectively reducing the security normally provided by DIGEST authentication. A remote attacker could use these flaws to perform replay attacks in some circumstances. (CVE-2012-5885, CVE-2012-5886, CVE-2012-5887)

Warning: Before applying this update, back up your existing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation (including all applications and configuration files).

All users of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 as provided from the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to apply this update.

Solution

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update). Before applying the update, back up your existing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation (including all applications and configuration files).

The JBoss server process must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
JBoss Enterprise Application PlatformText-Only Advisoriesx86_64
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform5x86_64
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform from RHUI5x86_64

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