Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:5978 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2023-10-20
Updated:
2023-10-20

RHSA-2023:5978 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4.13 XP 4.0.0.GA security release

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

JBoss EAP XP 4.0.0.GA security release on the EAP 7.4.13 base is now available. See references for release notes.

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

This asynchronous patch is a security update zip for the JBoss EAP XP 4.0.0 runtime distribution for use with EAP 7.4.13.

Security Fix(es):

  • undertow/netty-codec-http2: HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (CVE-2023-44487)

A Red Hat Security Bulletin which addresses further details about the Rapid Reset flaw is available in the References section.

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

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2242803 - CVE-2023-44487 HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack)
  • JBEAP-25457 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Undertow from 2.2.26.SP1-redhat-00001 to 2.2.28.SP1
  • JBEAP-25838 - (7.4.z) Upgrade Netty from 4.1.94.Final-redhat-00001 to 4.1.94.Final-redhat-00003

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