RHSA-2013:0268 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated tomcat7 packages that fix one security issue are now available for
JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2.0.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

Description

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container.

It was found that sending a request without a session identifier to a
protected resource could bypass the Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
prevention filter. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform
CSRF attacks against applications that rely on the CSRF prevention filter
and do not contain internal mitigation for CSRF. (CVE-2012-4431)

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

Users of Tomcat should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
this issue. Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 i386
• JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5 x86_64
• JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 883636 - CVE-2012-4431 Tomcat/JBoss Web - Bypass of CSRF prevention filter

CVEs

• CVE-2012-4431

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html