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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 & 6 Moderate: RHSA-2013:0270 SSL Spoofing

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Calendar Grey February 19, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recently released updates for jakarta-commons-httpclient are now accessible for Red Hat systems, addressing several moderate security vulnerabilities. Discover more details!
Updated jakarta-commons-httpclient packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

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

Summary

The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component can be used to build HTTP-aware client applications (such as web browsers and web service clients).
The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component did not verify that the server hostname matched the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field in X.509 certificates. This could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof an SSL server if they had a certificate that was valid for any domain name. (CVE-2012-5783)
All users of jakarta-commons-httpclient are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. Applications using the Jakarta Commons HttpClient component must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux SSL spoofing httpclient jakarta-commons-httpclient

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5783 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm
x86_64: jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm
x86_64: jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm
ia64: jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.2.ia64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.2.ia64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.2.ia64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0270-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0270.html
Issue date: 2013-02-19

Topic

Updated jakarta-commons-httpclient packages that fix one security issue arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux SSL spoofing httpclient jakarta-commons-httpclient

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

873317 - CVE-2012-5783 jakarta-commons-httpclient: missing connection hostname check against X.509 certificate name

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