Issued:
2013-03-25
Updated:
2013-03-25

RHSA-2013:0683 - Moderate: axis security update

Synopsis

Moderate: axis security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

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.

Description

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

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.9ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.9s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.s390x.rpm
  • axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.ia64.rpm
  • axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm
  • axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.ia64.rpm
  • axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.ppc.rpm
  • axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.ppc.rpm
  • axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
  • axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm
  • axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.s390x.rpm
  • axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
  • axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.ppc.rpm
  • axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.src.rpm
  • axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.ppc.rpm
  • axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.ia64.rpm
  • axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm
  • axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
  • axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.ia64.rpm
  • axis-debuginfo-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
  • axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.s390x.rpm
  • axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.s390x.rpm
  • axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information