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

RHSA-2013:0683 - Security Advisory

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.9 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.9 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.9 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 873252 - CVE-2012-5784 axis: Does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's CN or subjectAltName field of the x.509 certificate

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
i386
axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: ba766f39c238ef4b36fe64296ecb1ac2a30b145b1d4af8ea2a79f9fe026a3f31
axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 26287d4463b900d2717ace8a0f2807b59a3bb0feeb37de79ce8a5bfc8074566b
axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 034e7cdd936b08474a29d4f3d86afbeb5fa28fa2f24780663d9d764f64d682bd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.9

SRPM
i386
axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: ba766f39c238ef4b36fe64296ecb1ac2a30b145b1d4af8ea2a79f9fe026a3f31
axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 26287d4463b900d2717ace8a0f2807b59a3bb0feeb37de79ce8a5bfc8074566b
axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 034e7cdd936b08474a29d4f3d86afbeb5fa28fa2f24780663d9d764f64d682bd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
i386
axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: ba766f39c238ef4b36fe64296ecb1ac2a30b145b1d4af8ea2a79f9fe026a3f31
axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 26287d4463b900d2717ace8a0f2807b59a3bb0feeb37de79ce8a5bfc8074566b
axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 034e7cdd936b08474a29d4f3d86afbeb5fa28fa2f24780663d9d764f64d682bd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
i386
axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: ba766f39c238ef4b36fe64296ecb1ac2a30b145b1d4af8ea2a79f9fe026a3f31

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
i386
axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: ba766f39c238ef4b36fe64296ecb1ac2a30b145b1d4af8ea2a79f9fe026a3f31
axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 26287d4463b900d2717ace8a0f2807b59a3bb0feeb37de79ce8a5bfc8074566b
axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 034e7cdd936b08474a29d4f3d86afbeb5fa28fa2f24780663d9d764f64d682bd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9

SRPM
i386
axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: ba766f39c238ef4b36fe64296ecb1ac2a30b145b1d4af8ea2a79f9fe026a3f31
axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 26287d4463b900d2717ace8a0f2807b59a3bb0feeb37de79ce8a5bfc8074566b
axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 034e7cdd936b08474a29d4f3d86afbeb5fa28fa2f24780663d9d764f64d682bd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9

SRPM
i386
axis-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: ba766f39c238ef4b36fe64296ecb1ac2a30b145b1d4af8ea2a79f9fe026a3f31
axis-javadoc-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 26287d4463b900d2717ace8a0f2807b59a3bb0feeb37de79ce8a5bfc8074566b
axis-manual-1.2.1-2jpp.7.el5_9.i386.rpm SHA-256: 034e7cdd936b08474a29d4f3d86afbeb5fa28fa2f24780663d9d764f64d682bd

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