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Red Hat Developer Toolset 6 RHSA-2014:1098-01 Important SSL Spoofing

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Calendar Grey August 26, 2014
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Crucial news regarding the Red Hat Developer Toolset addresses the HTTP client SSL vulnerability, improving overall security measures.
Updated devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client packages that fix one security issue are 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

HttpClient is an HTTP/1.1 compliant HTTP agent implementation based on httpcomponents HttpCore.
It was discovered that the HttpClient incorrectly extracted 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-2012-6153)
This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security.
For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section.
All devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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security advisory red hat package update important security impact spoofing httpclient

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Developer Toolset 2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server:
Source: devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client-4.2.1-6.el6.src.rpm
noarch: devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client-4.2.1-6.el6.noarch.rpm devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.1-6.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Developer Toolset 2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation:
Source: devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client-4.2.1-6.el6.src.rpm
noarch: devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client-4.2.1-6.el6.noarch.rpm devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.1-6.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


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1098-01
Product: Red Hat Developer Toolset
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1098.html
Issue date: 2014-08-26

Topic

Updated devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client packages that fix one securityissue are now available for Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.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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security advisory red hat package update important security impact spoofing httpclient

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

1129916 - CVE-2012-6153 Apache HttpComponents client: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5783 fix

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