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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6: RHSA-2014:1193-01 Important: SSL Spoofing

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2014
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Enhanced axis packages available for Oracle Linux address severe SSL impersonation vulnerability. Significant security repercussions validated.
Updated axis 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

Apache Axis is an implementation of SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol). It can be used to build both web service clients and servers.
It was discovered that Axis incorrectly extracted the 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-2014-3596)
For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section.
This issue was discovered by David Jorm and Arun Neelicattu of Red Hat Product Security.
All axis users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Applications using Apache Axis must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux important axis SSL spoofing

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3596 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1164433

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: axis-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.src.rpm
i386: axis-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.i386.rpm axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: axis-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.x86_64.rpm axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source: axis-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.src.rpm
i386: axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.i386.rpm axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.i386.rpm axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.x86_64.rpm axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.x86_64.rpm axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: axis-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.src.rpm
i386: axis-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.i386.rpm axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.i386.rpm axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.i386.rpm axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.i386.rpm
ia64: axis-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.ia64.rpm axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.ia64.rpm axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.ia64.rpm axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.ia64.rpm
ppc: axis-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.ppc.rpm axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.ppc.rpm axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.ppc.rpm axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.ppc.rpm
s390x: axis-1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10.s390x.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1193-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1193.html
Issue date: 2014-09-15

Topic

Updated axis packages that fix one security issue are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux important axis SSL spoofing

Relevant Releases Architectures

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 Optional (v. 6) - noarch

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

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1129935 - CVE-2014-3596 axis: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5784 fix

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