RHSA-2013:0700 - Security Advisory

Topic

An updated jenkins package that fixes one security issue is now available
for Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.1.3.

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

Jenkins is a continuous integration server.

It was found that all SSL certificate checking was disabled by default in
the Apache Maven Wagon plug-in of Jenkins. This would make it easy for an
attacker to perform man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2013-0253)

Users of Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.1.3 are advised to upgrade to this
updated package, which corrects 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Application Node 1 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 917084 - CVE-2013-0253 maven-wagon: all SSL certificate checking is disabled by default

CVEs

• CVE-2013-0253

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://maven.apache.org/security.html