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CentOS 7 : httpcomponents-client (CESA-2014:1146)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77507

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated httpcomponents-client packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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.

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-2014-3577)

For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section.

All httpcomponents-client users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected httpcomponents-client packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?54c903f8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77507

File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-1146.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3577

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpcomponents-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:httpcomponents-client-javadoc, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3577

BID: 69258

RHSA: 2014:1146