(RHSA-2019:2205) Moderate: tomcat security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies.

Security Fix(es):

• tomcat: Incorrect handling of empty string URL in security constraints can lead to unintended exposure of resources (CVE-2018-1304)

• tomcat: Late application of security constraints can lead to resource exposure for unauthorised users (CVE-2018-1305)

• tomcat: Insecure defaults in CORS filter enable ‘supportsCredentials’ for all origins (CVE-2018-8014)

• tomcat: Host name verification missing in WebSocket client (CVE-2018-8034)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.