RHSA-2020:1479 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.

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 Enterprise Application Platform is a platform for Java applications based on the JBoss Application Server.

This asynchronous patch is a security update for the Apache Tomcat package in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7. All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Security Fix(es):

• tomcat: Apache Tomcat AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1938)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, see the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications. The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).

Affected Products

• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1806398 - CVE-2020-1938 tomcat: Apache Tomcat AJP File Read/Inclusion Vulnerability

CVEs

• CVE-2020-1938

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=6.4
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_jboss_enterprise_application_platform/6.4/