A Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.5.0 security release has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8.

RHSA-2021:2562-01: Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.5.0 security release

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.5.0 security release
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:2562-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2562
Issue date: 2021-06-29
CVE Names: CVE-2020-25638 CVE-2021-25122 CVE-2021-25329
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1. Summary:

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.5.0 zip release is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Windows.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this release as having a security impact
of Moderate. 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.

2. Description:

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 5.5.0 serves as a replacement for
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2, and includes bug fixes, enhancements and
component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in
the References.

Security Fix(es):

* hibernate-core: SQL injection vulnerability when both
hibernate.use_sql_comments and JPQL String literals are used
(CVE-2020-25638)
* tomcat: Request mix-up with h2c (CVE-2021-25122)
* tomcat: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-9484 (RCE via session persistence)
(CVE-2021-25329)

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.

3. Solution:

Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including
all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and
so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link for the
update. You must be logged in to download the update.

4. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1881353 - CVE-2020-25638 hibernate-core: SQL injection vulnerability when both hibernate.use_sql_comments and JPQL String literals are used
1934032 - CVE-2021-25122 tomcat: Request mix-up with h2c
1934061 - CVE-2021-25329 tomcat: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-9484 (RCE via session persistence)

5. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25638
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25122
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25329
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

6. Contact:

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

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