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Fedora 21: Security Advisory for OpenSAML Java Hostname Issue

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Calendar Grey August 7, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora Security Alert regarding opensaml-java-openws tackling risks in HTTPS connections lacking hostname validation.
* OpenSAML Java: HTTPS Connections Via HTTP Resources Do Not Perform Hostname Verification

Summary

The OpenWS library provides a growing set of tools to work with web services at

a low level. These tools include classes for creating and reading SOAP

messages, transport-independent clients for connecting to web services,

and various transports for use with those clients.

Update Information:

* OpenSAML Java: HTTPS Connections Via HTTP Resources Do Not Perform Hostname Verification

Change Log

* Tue Jun 16 2015 Marek Goldmann - 1.5.5-2 - Use mvn BR for tomcat API * Fri May 8 2015 Marek Goldmann - 1.5.5-1 - Upstream release 1.5.5

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1131823 - CVE-2014-3603 OpenSAML Java: HTTPS Connections Via HTTP Resources Do Not Perform Hostname Verification https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131823

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update opensaml-java-openws' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: opensaml-java-openws
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 1.5.5
Release: 2.fc21
URL: /
Summary: Java OpenWS library

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