Number: AV20-077
Date: 20 March 2020
On 17 March 2020 Red Hat released security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting its operating system. Of note is a security update to Red Hat’s JBoss Web Server, which addresses vulnerabilities in a component of JBoss, namely, Apache Tomcat. The update includes a fix for the recently discovered ‘Ghostcat’ vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2020-1938.
The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the Red Hat Security Advisory webpage at the link below and apply the necessary updates:
https://access.redhat.com/errata
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