RHSA-2018:1843 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Core Services.

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

Red Hat JBoss Core Services is a set of supplementary software for Red Hat JBoss middleware products. This software, such as Apache HTTP Server, is common to multiple JBoss middleware products, and is packaged under Red Hat JBoss Core Services to allow for faster distribution of updates, and for a more consistent update experience.

This release of Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.23 Service Pack 5 serves as a replacement of Red Hat JBoss Core Services Web Server Connectors 2.4.23 and includes bug fixes, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

• isapi_redirect: Mishandled HTTP request paths in jk_isapi_plugin.c can lead to unintended exposure of application resources via the reverse proxy (CVE-2018-1323)

Details around this issue, including information about the CVE, severity of the issue, and the CVSS score can be found on the CVE page listed in the Reference section below.

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 Red Hat JBoss Web Server installation (including all applications and configuration files).

After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon will be restarted
automatically.

Affected Products

• Red Hat JBoss Core Services Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1554647 - CVE-2018-1323 isapi_redirect: Mishandled HTTP request paths in jk_isapi_plugin.c can lead to unintended exposure of application resources via the reverse proxy

CVEs

• CVE-2018-1323

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_core_services/2.4.23/