Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat security update
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for Apache Tomcat addressing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-50379, a remote code execution (RCE) due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) issue in JSP compilation, and CVE-2025-24813, which may allow potential RCE, information disclosure, or information corruption via partial PUT requests. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and its extended life cycle variants across multiple architectures are affected. A security update is available to remediate these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers two security fixes for Apache Tomcat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. CVE-2024-50379 is an RCE vulnerability caused by a TOCTOU race condition during JSP compilation. CVE-2025-24813 involves potential remote code execution, information disclosure, or corruption triggered by partial HTTP PUT requests. Red Hat has released updated Tomcat packages (version 9.0.87-1.el8_10.3) to address these vulnerabilities across x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures, including extended life cycle releases. The advisory references official Red Hat documentation for applying the update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-50379 could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely due to a race condition in JSP compilation. CVE-2025-24813 could lead to remote code execution, unauthorized information disclosure, or data corruption through partial PUT requests. These vulnerabilities affect multiple architectures of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and its extended life cycle versions. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update for Apache Tomcat is available from Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and its extended life cycle variants. Users should apply the updated packages (tomcat-9.0.87-1.el8_10.3 and related) as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:3683 and the update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update remediates the described vulnerabilities. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat security update
Description
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for Apache Tomcat addressing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-50379, a remote code execution (RCE) due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) issue in JSP compilation, and CVE-2025-24813, which may allow potential RCE, information disclosure, or information corruption via partial PUT requests. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and its extended life cycle variants across multiple architectures are affected. A security update is available to remediate these issues.
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers two security fixes for Apache Tomcat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. CVE-2024-50379 is an RCE vulnerability caused by a TOCTOU race condition during JSP compilation. CVE-2025-24813 involves potential remote code execution, information disclosure, or corruption triggered by partial HTTP PUT requests. Red Hat has released updated Tomcat packages (version 9.0.87-1.el8_10.3) to address these vulnerabilities across x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures, including extended life cycle releases. The advisory references official Red Hat documentation for applying the update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-50379 could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely due to a race condition in JSP compilation. CVE-2025-24813 could lead to remote code execution, unauthorized information disclosure, or data corruption through partial PUT requests. These vulnerabilities affect multiple architectures of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and its extended life cycle versions. The security impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat.
Mitigation Recommendations
A security update for Apache Tomcat is available from Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and its extended life cycle variants. Users should apply the updated packages (tomcat-9.0.87-1.el8_10.3 and related) as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:3683 and the update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update remediates the described vulnerabilities. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:3683
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-24813"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a71fee8bf8831d539feffba
Added to database: 08/04/2026, 15:02:00 UTC
Last enriched: 08/04/2026, 15:02:42 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 22:52:05 UTC
Views: 9
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