- Issued:
- 2024-06-11
- Updated:
- 2024-06-11
RHSA-2024:3814 - Important: tomcat security and bug fix update
Synopsis
Important: tomcat security and bug fix update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Important
Topic
An update for tomcat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update 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
Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies.
Security Fix(es):
-
Apache Tomcat: HTTP/2 header handling DoS (CVE-2024-24549)
-
Apache Tomcat: WebSocket DoS with incomplete closing handshake (CVE-2024-23672)
Bug Fix(es):
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Rebase tomcat to version 9.0.87 (JIRA:RHEL-34811)
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Amend tomcat package's changelog so that fixed CVEs are mentioned explicitly (JIRA:RHEL-37865)
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 8.8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 8.8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension | 8.8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 8.8 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 8.8 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support | 8.8 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 8.8 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 8.8 | x86_64 |
Updated Packages
- tomcat-el-3.0-api-9.0.87-1.el8_8.2.noarch.rpm
- tomcat-docs-webapp-9.0.87-1.el8_8.2.noarch.rpm
- tomcat-9.0.87-1.el8_8.2.noarch.rpm
- tomcat-servlet-4.0-api-9.0.87-1.el8_8.2.noarch.rpm
- tomcat-webapps-9.0.87-1.el8_8.2.noarch.rpm
- tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.87-1.el8_8.2.noarch.rpm
- tomcat-lib-9.0.87-1.el8_8.2.noarch.rpm
- tomcat-jsp-2.3-api-9.0.87-1.el8_8.2.noarch.rpm
- tomcat-9.0.87-1.el8_8.2.src.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
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.