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A tomcat security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6.



RHSA-2021:0882-01: Low: tomcat security update



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Low: tomcat security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0882-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0882
Issue date: 2021-03-16
CVE Names: CVE-2019-17563 CVE-2020-1935
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1. Summary:

An update for tomcat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6
Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update 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. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

3. Description:

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer
Pages (JSP) technologies.

Security Fix(es):

* tomcat: Session fixation when using FORM authentication (CVE-2019-17563)

* tomcat: Mishandling of Transfer-Encoding header allows for HTTP request
smuggling (CVE-2020-1935)

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.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

  https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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

1785711 - CVE-2019-17563 tomcat: Session fixation when using FORM authentication
1806835 - CVE-2020-1935 tomcat: Mishandling of Transfer-Encoding header allows for HTTP request smuggling

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.6):

Source:
tomcat-7.0.76-11.el7_6.src.rpm

noarch:
tomcat-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6):

noarch:
tomcat-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-javadoc-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-jsvc-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-lib-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6):

Source:
tomcat-7.0.76-11.el7_6.src.rpm

noarch:
tomcat-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-lib-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):

Source:
tomcat-7.0.76-11.el7_6.src.rpm

noarch:
tomcat-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-lib-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6):

noarch:
tomcat-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-javadoc-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-jsvc-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-lib-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):

noarch:
tomcat-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-javadoc-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-jsvc-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-lib-7.0.76-11.el7_6.noarch.rpm
tomcat-webapps-7.0.76-11.el7_6.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/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17563
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1935
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

8. Contact:

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

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