Issued:

2014-09-02

Updated:

2014-09-02

RHSA-2014:1123 - Moderate: devtoolset-2-axis security update

Synopsis

Moderate: devtoolset-2-axis security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

An updated devtoolset-2-axis package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Developer Toolset 2.

Red Hat Product Security 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 host name 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 devtoolset-2-axis users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

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/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• devtoolset-2-axis-1.4-23.el6.noarch.rpm
• devtoolset-2-axis-1.4-23.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 873252

CVEs

• CVE-2012-5784

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

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.