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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2011.0159
Important: jbossweb security update
11 February 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2010-4476
Reference: ASB-2011.0013
Original Bulletin:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0210.html
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: jbossweb security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0210-01
Product: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0210.html
Issue date: 2011-02-10
CVE Names: CVE-2010-4476
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1. Summary:
Updated jbossweb packages that fix one security issue are now available for
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2, 4.3, and 5.1, for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the
CVE link in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 AS - noarch
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 ES - noarch
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 5 Server - noarch
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS - noarch
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES - noarch
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server - noarch
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for RHEL 4 AS - noarch
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for RHEL 4 ES - noarch
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for RHEL 5 Server - noarch
3. Description:
JBoss Web Server is the web container, based on Apache Tomcat, in JBoss
Enterprise Application Platform. It provides a single deployment platform
for the JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Java Servlet technologies.
A denial of service flaw was found in the way certain strings were
converted to Double objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause
JBoss Web Server to hang via a specially-crafted HTTP request.
(CVE-2010-4476)
Users of JBoss Web Server should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The JBoss server process
must be restarted for this update to take effect.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
674336 - CVE-2010-4476 JDK Double.parseDouble Denial-Of-Service
6. Package List:
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for RHEL 4 AS:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/JBEAP/SRPMS/jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el4.src.rpm
noarch:
jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el4.noarch.rpm
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 AS:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/JBEAP/SRPMS/jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el4.src.rpm
noarch:
jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el4.noarch.rpm
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/JBEAP/SRPMS/jbossweb-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.src.rpm
noarch:
jbossweb-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm
jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm
jbossweb-lib-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm
jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for RHEL 4 ES:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/JBEAP/SRPMS/jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el4.src.rpm
noarch:
jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el4.noarch.rpm
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 ES:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/JBEAP/SRPMS/jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el4.src.rpm
noarch:
jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el4.noarch.rpm
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/JBEAP/SRPMS/jbossweb-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.src.rpm
noarch:
jbossweb-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm
jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm
jbossweb-lib-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm
jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.ep5.el4.noarch.rpm
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for RHEL 5 Server:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/JBEAP/SRPMS/jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el5.src.rpm
noarch:
jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el5.noarch.rpm
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 5 Server:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/JBEAP/SRPMS/jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el5.src.rpm
noarch:
jbossweb-2.0.0-8.CP15.patch01.0jpp.ep1.1.el5.noarch.rpm
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server:
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/JBEAP/SRPMS/jbossweb-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.1.ep5.el5.src.rpm
noarch:
jbossweb-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.1.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm
jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.1.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm
jbossweb-lib-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.1.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm
jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api-2.1.10-5.patch01.1.1.ep5.el5.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-4476.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
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