Issued:

2013-09-09

Updated:

2013-09-09

RHSA-2013:1218 - Moderate: xml-security security update

Synopsis

Moderate: xml-security security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

An update for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 that fixes one security issue is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal.

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 Santuario implements the XML Signature Syntax and Processing and XML Encryption Syntax and Processing standards.

A flaw was found in the way Apache Santuario XML Security for Java validated XML signatures. Santuario allowed a signature to specify an arbitrary canonicalization algorithm, which would be applied to the SignedInfo XML fragment. A remote attacker could exploit this to spoof an XML signature via a specially-crafted XML signature block. (CVE-2013-2172)

Warning: Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation (including all applications and configuration files).

All users of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 as provided from the Red Hat Customer Portal are advised to apply this update.

Solution

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update). Before applying the update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation (including all applications and configuration files).

The JBoss server process must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 999263

CVEs

• CVE-2013-2172

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• This content is not included.This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=appplatform&downloadType=securityPatches&version=5.2.0
• Content from santuario.apache.org is not included.Content from santuario.apache.org is not included.http://santuario.apache.org/secadv.data/CVE-2013-2172.txt.asc

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.