RHEL 6 : devtoolset-2-axis (RHSA-2014:1123)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79045

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

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.

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

Update the affected devtoolset-2-axis package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1123

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5784

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79045

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1123.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:devtoolset-2-axis, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5784

RHSA: 2014:1123