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Posted on 11 February 2021
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Low: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 11 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0491-01
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0491
Issue date: 2021-02-11
CVE Names: CVE-2020-1971
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1. Summary:
An update is now available for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1, for RHEL 7 and
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
HTTP Server, the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, Apache Tomcat Connector
(mod_jk), JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), Hibernate, and the Tomcat
Native library.
This release of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 11 serves as a
replacement for Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1, and includes bug fixes, which
are documented in the Release Notes document linked to in the References.
Security Fix(es):
* openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference (CVE-2020-1971)
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/):
1903409 - CVE-2020-1971 openssl: EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference
5. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1971
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
6. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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