Issued:

2015-08-13

Updated:

2015-08-13

RHSA-2015:1622 - Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1.0 tomcat security update

Synopsis

Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1.0 tomcat security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated tomcat6 and tomcat7 packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

Red Hat Product Security 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

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.

It was found that the expression language resolver evaluated expressions within a privileged code section. A malicious web application could use this flaw to bypass security manager protections. (CVE-2014-7810)

It was found that Tomcat would keep connections open after processing requests with a large enough request body. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to exhaust the pool of available connections and preventing further, legitimate connections to the Tomcat server to be made. (CVE-2014-0230)

All users of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1.0 as provided from the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to apply this update. The Red Hat JBoss Web Server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied, and back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Web Server installation (including all applications and configuration files).

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• tomcat7-maven-devel-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-lib-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-el-2.2-api-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-maven-devel-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-javadoc-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-el-2.2-api-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-webapps-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-lib-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-lib-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-log4j-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-lib-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-admin-webapps-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.src.rpm
• tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-docs-webapp-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-docs-webapp-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-lib-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-javadoc-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-maven-devel-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-admin-webapps-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.src.rpm
• tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-log4j-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-javadoc-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-webapps-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-webapps-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-webapps-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-admin-webapps-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-docs-webapp-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.src.rpm
• tomcat7-el-2.2-api-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-log4j-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-log4j-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-maven-devel-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-webapps-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7.src.rpm
• tomcat6-maven-devel-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-maven-devel-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-lib-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat6-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5.src.rpm
• tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-log4j-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-log4j-7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-webapps-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm
• tomcat7-7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1191200
• This content is not included.BZ - 1222573

CVEs

• CVE-2014-0230
• CVE-2014-7810

References

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

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.