A Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 Security Update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 8.

RHSA-2021:1196-01: Important: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 Security Update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 Security Update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:1196-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1196
Issue date: 2021-04-14
CVE Names: CVE-2021-3449 CVE-2021-3450
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1. Summary:

Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.2 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 Important. 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 5.4.2 serves as a replacement for
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4.1, and includes bug fixes, enhancements and
component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes, linked to in
the References.

Security Fix(es):

* openssl: NULL pointer dereference in signature_algorithms processing
(CVE-2021-3449)
* openssl: CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT
(CVE-2021-3450)

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/):

1941547 - CVE-2021-3450 openssl: CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT
1941554 - CVE-2021-3449 openssl: NULL pointer dereference in signature_algorithms processing

5. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3449
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3450
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

6. Contact:

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

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