Information Exposure Affecting jws5-tomcat package, versions <0:9.0.21-10.redhat_4.1.el8jws


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JWS5TOMCAT-4403654
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Oct 2018

Introduced: 30 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-5407  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 jws5-tomcat to version 0:9.0.21-10.redhat_4.1.el8jws or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:3929.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jws5-tomcat package and not the jws5-tomcat package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.

CVSS Scores

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