Detections
Analytics

CentOS 5 : jakarta-commons-httpclient (CESA-2013:0270)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64691

Language:

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated jakarta-commons-httpclient packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate 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.

The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component can be used to build HTTP-aware client applications (such as web browsers and web service clients).

The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component did not verify that the server hostname 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-2012-5783)

All users of jakarta-commons-httpclient are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. Applications using the Jakarta Commons HttpClient component must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected jakarta-commons-httpclient packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f92405b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64691

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0270.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2013

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5783

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5783

RHSA: 2013:0270