[RHSA-2014:1098-01] Important: devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1098-01

Product: Red Hat Developer Toolset

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1098.html

Issue date: 2014-08-26

CVE Names: CVE-2012-6153

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1. Summary:

 

Updated devtoolset-2-httpcomponents-client packages that fix one security

issue are now available for Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security

impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the

References section.

 

2. 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

 

3. Description:

 

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.

 

4. 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

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

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

 

6. 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

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-6153.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1165533

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.

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