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CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : jakarta-commons-httpclient (CESA-2014:1166)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77564

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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, 6, and 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.

Jakarta Commons HTTPClient implements the client side of HTTP standards.

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 jakarta-commons-httpclient users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected jakarta-commons-httpclient packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d73c8749

http://www.nessus.org/u?c085d854

http://www.nessus.org/u?42e0eb1d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77564

File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-1166.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2014

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: 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, 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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3577

BID: 69258

RHSA: 2014:1166