Executive Summary

Summary
Title devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2014:1098 First vendor Publication 2014-08-26
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2014-08-26
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Developer Toolset 2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server - noarch Red Hat Developer Toolset 2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation - noarch

3. Description:

HttpClient is an HTTP/1.1 compliant HTTP agent implementation based on httpcomponents HttpCore.

It was discovered that the HttpClient incorrectly extracted host name from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2012-6153)

This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.

For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section.

All devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1129916 - CVE-2012-6153 Apache HttpComponents client: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5783 fix

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1098.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-295 Certificate Issues
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21046
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21046
Title: RHSA-2013:0270: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (Moderate)
Description: Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2013:0270-02
CESA-2013:0270
CVE-2012-5783
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 5
CentOS Linux 6
Product(s): jakarta-commons-httpclient
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23325
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23325
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013:0270: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (Moderate)
Description: Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013:0270-02
CVE-2012-5783
Version: 7
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): jakarta-commons-httpclient
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23687
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23687
Title: ELSA-2013:0270: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (Moderate)
Description: Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013:0270-02
CVE-2012-5783
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): jakarta-commons-httpclient
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26049
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26049
Title: SUSE-SU-2013:0610-1 -- Security update for jakarta
Description: The following issue has been fixed: * SSL certificate hostname verification was not done and is fixed by this update. (CVE-2012-5783) Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-5783 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5783 >
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2013:0610-1
CVE-2012-5783
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Product(s): jakarta
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26509
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26509
Title: ELSA-2014-1146 -- httpcomponents-client security update (Important)
Description: HttpClient is an HTTP/1.1 compliant HTTP agent implementation based on httpcomponents HttpCore. It was discovered that the HttpClient incorrectly extracted host name from an X.509 certificate subject&#39;s Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2014-3577) For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section. All httpcomponents-client users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2014-1146
CVE-2014-3577
CVE-2012-6153
Version: 3
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 7
Product(s): httpcomponents-client
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27050
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27050
Title: ELSA-2014-1166 -- jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (Important)
Description: Jakarta Commons HTTPClient implements the client side of HTTP standards. It was discovered that the HTTPClient incorrectly extracted host name from an X.509 certificate subject&#39;s Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2014-3577) For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section. All jakarta-commons-httpclient users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2014-1166
CVE-2014-3577
CVE-2012-6153
Version: 5
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 7
Oracle Linux 6
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): jakarta-commons-httpclient
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27584
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27584
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013-0270 -- jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (moderate)
Description: [1:3.1-0.7] - Add missing connection hostname check against X.509 certificate name - Resolves: CVE-2012-5783
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013-0270
CVE-2012-5783
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): jakarta-commons-httpclient
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 3

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Date Informations
2014-11-08 13:32:09
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2014-09-04 21:27:24
  • Multiple Updates
2014-08-26 21:23:33
  • First insertion