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Red Hat: RHSA-2014-1082-01 Important: Thermostat HTTP Client Security

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2014
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Critical announcement regarding thermostat1-httpclient resolves vulnerabilities. Safeguard system security through these updates.
Updated thermostat1-httpcomponents-client packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1

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

Thermostat is a monitoring and instrumentation tool for the OpenJDK HotSpot Java Virtual Machine (JVM) with support for monitoring multiple JVM instances.
The httpcomponents-client package provides an HTTP agent implementation that is used by Thermostat to visualize collected data in an HTTP-aware client application.
It was found that the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was incomplete: the code added to check that the server hostname matches the domain name in a subject's Common Name (CN) field in X.509 certificates was flawed. 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)
It was found that the fix for CVE-2012-6153 was incomplete: the code added to check that the server hostname matches the domain name in a subject's Common Name (CN) field in X.509 certificates was flawed. 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)
The CVE-2012-6153 issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.
For additional information on these flaws, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section.
All thermostat1-httpcomponents-client users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

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security advisory security update important man-in-the-middle Red Hat Software Collections httpcomponents-client

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6153 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3577 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1165533

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: thermostat1-httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-3.4.el6.1.src.rpm
noarch: thermostat1-httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-3.4.el6.1.noarch.rpm thermostat1-httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.5-3.4.el6.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4):
Source: thermostat1-httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-3.4.el6.1.src.rpm
noarch: thermostat1-httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-3.4.el6.1.noarch.rpm thermostat1-httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.5-3.4.el6.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: thermostat1-httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-3.4.el6.1.src.rpm
noarch: thermostat1-httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-3.4.el6.1.noarch.rpm thermostat1-httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.5-3.4.el6.1.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1082-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1082.html
Issue date: 2014-08-20

Topic

Updated thermostat1-httpcomponents-client packages that fix two securityissues are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update important man-in-the-middle Red Hat Software Collections httpcomponents-client

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1129074 - CVE-2014-3577 Apache HttpComponents client: Hostname verification susceptible to MITM attack

1129916 - CVE-2012-6153 Apache HttpComponents client: Hostname verification susceptible to MITM attack

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