A Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.2 release and security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

RHSA-2023:1664-01: Low: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.2 release and security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Low: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.2 release and security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:1664-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1664
Issue date: 2023-04-12
CVE Names: CVE-2022-42252 CVE-2022-45143
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1. Summary:

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.2 zip release is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9,
and Microsoft Windows.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this release as having a security impact
of Low. 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 5.7.2 serves as a replacement for
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.1. This release includes bug fixes,
enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release
Notes, linked to in the References.

Security Fix(es):

* jws5-tomcat: tomcat: request smuggling (CVE-2022-42252)

* jws5-tomcat: tomcat: JsonErrorReportValve injection (CVE-2022-45143)

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 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

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

2141329 - CVE-2022-42252 tomcat: request smuggling
2158695 - CVE-2022-45143 tomcat: JsonErrorReportValve injection

5. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-42252
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45143
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=webserver&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.7

6. Contact:

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

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