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CentOS 5 : axis (CESA-2013:0683)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65693

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated axis packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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.

Apache Axis is an implementation of SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol). It can be used to build both web service clients and servers.

Apache Axis 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-2012-5784)

All users of axis are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. Applications using Apache Axis must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected axis packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cfcfd468

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65693

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0683.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2013

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5784

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:axis-manual, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:axis-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:axis, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5784

BID: 56408

RHSA: 2013:0683