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Debian DLA-169-1 : axis security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 82153
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
A vulnerability was fixed in axis, a SOAP implementation in Java :The getCN function in Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field.
Thanks to Markus Koschany for providing the fixed package and David Jorm and Arun Neelicattu (Red Hat Product Security) for providing the patch.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/03/msg00006.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 82153
File Name: debian_DLA-169.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaxis-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaxis-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaxis-java-gcj, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-5784, CVE-2014-3596