-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: httpcomponents-client security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1146-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1146.html Issue date: 2014-09-03 CVE Names: CVE-2014-3577 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: 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. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch 3. Description: 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. 4. 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 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1129074 - CVE-2014-3577 Apache HttpComponents client: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-6153 fix 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7): Source: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.src.rpm noarch: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.5-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7): Source: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.src.rpm noarch: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.5-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.src.rpm noarch: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7): Source: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.src.rpm noarch: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.5-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.src.rpm noarch: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7): noarch: httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.5-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-3577.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1165533 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iD8DBQFUB5W7XlSAg2UNWIIRAjN8AJ0SKSUmELwMX61O59kIi25qooZmoQCfeku7 2zGjZij1+c5FdS26Lf7Und8= =lC60 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list RHSA-announce@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhsa-announce