(RHSA-2024:1319) Important: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.8 release and security update

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 5.7.8 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.7.7. This release includes bug fixes, enhancements and component upgrades, which are documented in the Release Notes linked to in the References section.

Security Fix(es):

• tomcat: HTTP request smuggling via malformed trailer headers (CVE-2023-46589)

• tomcat: : Apache Tomcat: HTTP/2 header handling DoS (CVE-2024-24549)

• openssl: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checking excessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow (CVE-2023-5678)

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.