5.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
74.9%
Updated jakarta-commons-httpclient packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 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.
Jakarta Commons HTTPClient implements the client side of HTTP standards.
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 jakarta-commons-httpclient users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2014:1166. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(77567);
script_version("1.21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3577");
script_bugtraq_id(69258);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2014:1166");
script_name(english:"RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : jakarta-commons-httpclient (RHSA-2014:1166)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated jakarta-commons-httpclient packages that fix one security
issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 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.
Jakarta Commons HTTPClient implements the client side of HTTP
standards.
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 jakarta-commons-httpclient users are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this
issue."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1165533"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1166"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3577"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/08/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/09/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/09/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6|7)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x / 6.x / 7.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2014:1166";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7", release:"RHEL5") && rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7", release:"RHEL5") && rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7", release:"RHEL5") && rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0", release:"RHEL6") && rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0", release:"RHEL6") && rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0", release:"RHEL6") && rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-0.9.el6_5")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(rpm:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-16", release:"RHEL7") && rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-16.el7_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-16.el7_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-16.el7_0")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-16.el7_0")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "jakarta-commons-httpclient / jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo / etc");
}
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
redhat | enterprise_linux | jakarta-commons-httpclient | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient |
redhat | enterprise_linux | jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo |
redhat | enterprise_linux | jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo |
redhat | enterprise_linux | jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc |
redhat | enterprise_linux | jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 5 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 6 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.5 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.5 |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 7 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.3 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.3 |