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Red Hat Developer Toolset: RHSA-2014:1123-01 Moderate: SSL Threat

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Calendar Grey September 2, 2014
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Debian releases a Critical security patch for sysadmin-tool-3-mark addressing a spoofing vulnerability. Immediate action advised.
An updated devtoolset-2-axis package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Developer Toolset 2

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

Apache Axis is an implementation of SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol). It can be used to build both web service clients and servers.
Apache Axis did not verify that the server host name 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-2012-5784)
All devtoolset-2-axis users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate red hat ssl issue apache axis devtoolset

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5784 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Developer Toolset 2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server:
Source: devtoolset-2-axis-1.4-23.el6.src.rpm
noarch: devtoolset-2-axis-1.4-23.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Developer Toolset 2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation:
Source: devtoolset-2-axis-1.4-23.el6.src.rpm
noarch: devtoolset-2-axis-1.4-23.el6.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1123-01
Product: Red Hat Developer Toolset
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1123.html
Issue date: 2014-09-02

Topic

An updated devtoolset-2-axis package that fixes one security issue is nowavailable for Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate red hat ssl issue apache axis devtoolset

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

Bugs Fixed

873252 - CVE-2012-5784 axis: missing connection hostname check against X.509 certificate name

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