RedHat: RHSA-2018-2867:01 Important: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 Service
Summary
Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a fully integrated and certified set of
components for hosting Java web applications. It is comprised of the Apache
Tomcat Servlet container, JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), the
PicketLink Vault extension for Apache Tomcat, and the Tomcat Native
library.
This release of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 Service Pack 1 serves as a
replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0, and includes bug fixes, which
are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
* tomcat: Information Disclosure (CVE-2018-8037)
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.
Summary
Solution
Before applying the update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Web Server
installation (including all applications and configuration files).
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8037 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Topic
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 for RHEL 6 andRed Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 for RHEL 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this release as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Bugs Fixed
1607582 - CVE-2018-8037 tomcat: Due to a mishandling of close in NIO/NIO2 connectors user sessions can get mixed up
5. JIRA issues fixed (https://issues.redhat.com/):
JWS-1028 - Failures in jBPM embedded use case with H2 database
JWS-1064 - Update the Tomcat fork of Commons DBCP 2 to 2.4.0
JWS-1065 - Tomcat Commons Pool Update
JWS-1121 - Update the internal fork of Apache Commons DBCP 2 to abc0484 (2018-08-09) to pick up some bug fixes and enhancements
JWS-1124 - ARJUNA016082: Synchronizations are not allowed! Transaction status isActionStatus.RUNNING when running jBPM engine in KIE server deployed to Tomcat
JWS-996 - Connection leak during XATransaction in high load