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Critical 1 exploited CVE RHSA-2020:1520 5 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.3 release

Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 36

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-javadoc 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-lib 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-native 0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo 0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-selinux 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el6 jws5-tomcat-webapps 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el6jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-javadoc 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-lib 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-native 0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo 0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-selinux 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el7 jws5-tomcat-webapps 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el7jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-javadoc 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-lib 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-native 0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-native-debuginfo 0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-selinux 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 5 jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.3::el8 jws5-tomcat-webapps 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws

Vulnerabilities 5

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2020-1938 Exploited Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 99%

    Improper Privilege Management in Tomcat

    When using the Apache JServ Protocol (AJP), care must be taken when trusting incoming connections to Apache Tomcat. Tomcat treats AJP connections as having higher trust than, for example, a similar HTTP connection. If such connections are available to an atta…

    Apache Apache Tomcat tomcat9 tomcat8 Debian Ubuntu Maven
    KEV Mar 3, 2022
  • High 7.5
    CVE-2019-17563 EPSS 11%

    In Apache Tomcat, when using FORM authentication there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack

    When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical …

    Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat tomcat9 tomcat8 Debian Ubuntu Maven
  • High 7.0
    CVE-2019-12418

    Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Apache Tomcat

    When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man…

    Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat tomcat8 tomcat9 Debian Ubuntu Maven
  • Medium 4.8
    CVE-2019-17569

    Potential HTTP request smuggling in Apache Tomcat

    The refactoring present in Apache Tomcat 9.0.28 to 9.0.30, 8.5.48 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.98 to 7.0.99 introduced a regression. The result of the regression was that invalid Transfer-Encoding headers were incorrectly processed leading to a possibility of HTTP Reque…

    Apache Apache Tomcat org.apache.tomcat:tomcat tomcat9 Debian Maven
  • Medium 4.8
    CVE-2020-1935

    Potential HTTP request smuggling in Apache Tomcat

    In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.30, 8.5.0 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.99 the HTTP header parsing code used an approach to end-of-line parsing that allowed some invalid HTTP headers to be parsed as valid. This led to a possibility of HTTP Request Smuggling if …

    Apache Apache Tomcat org.apache.tomcat:tomcat tomcat9 Debian Ubuntu Maven

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1785699
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1785711
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1806398
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1806835
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1806849
  • article
    https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1419
  • article
    https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1463
  • article
    https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1465
  • article
    https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JWS-1478
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_1520.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12418
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12418
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12418
  • article
    http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/201912.mbox/%3C3f42d82c-d9e9-8893-9820-df4e420e5c4e@apache.org%3E
  • article
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.49
  • article
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.29
  • article
    https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.99
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17563
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17563
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17563
  • article
    http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201912.mbox/%3C21b7a375-7297-581b-1f8e-06622d36775b@apache.org%3E
  • article
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.30
  • article
    https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.50
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17569
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17569
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17569
  • article
    https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.100
  • article
    https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.51
  • article
    https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.31
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1935
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1935
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1935
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1938
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1938
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1938
  • article
    https://meterpreter.org/cve-2020-1938-apache-tomcat-ajp-connector-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-alert/
  • article
    https://www.cnvd.org.cn/webinfo/show/5415
  • article
    https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2020-1938-ghostcat-apache-tomcat-ajp-file-readinclusion-vulnerability-cnvd-2020-10487