Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2025:3453 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2025-04-02
Updated:
2025-04-02

RHSA-2025:3453 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Important: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62 is now available.

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 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 2.4.62 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.57 Service Pack 6, and includes bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

  • expat: parsing large tokens can trigger a denial of service (CVE-2023-52425)
  • expat: Negative Length Parsing Vulnerability in libexpat (CVE-2024-45490)
  • libxml2: libxml2: Use-After-Free in libxml2 (CVE-2024-56171)
  • libxml2: libxml2: Stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements of libxml2 (CVE-2025-24928)
  • mod_http2: DoS by null pointer in websocket over HTTP/2 (CVE-2024-36387)
  • openssl: SSL_select_next_proto buffer overread (CVE-2024-5535)

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

  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2262877 - CVE-2023-52425 expat: parsing large tokens can trigger a denial of service
  • BZ - 2294581 - CVE-2024-5535 openssl: SSL_select_next_proto buffer overread
  • BZ - 2295006 - CVE-2024-36387 mod_http2: DoS by null pointer in websocket over HTTP/2
  • BZ - 2308615 - CVE-2024-45490 libexpat: Negative Length Parsing Vulnerability in libexpat
  • BZ - 2346416 - CVE-2024-56171 libxml2: Use-After-Free in libxml2
  • BZ - 2346421 - CVE-2025-24928 libxml2: Stack-based buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements of libxml2

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.