Sorry for the error.

You are correct, the Synopsis line should have read:

Synopsis:          Important: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update

Thank you for the report.

Pat

On 09/09/2014 10:50 AM, Jake Edge wrote:
> This advisory looks different than usual, and in fact looks wrong (the
> subject is about jakarta-commons-httpclient but the synopsis mentions
> thunderbird ...
>
> is this some new format for advisories?  or is this just a mistake that
> will be corrected soon?
>
> thanks!
>
> jake
>
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 19:16:30 +0000 Pat Riehecky wrote:
>> Synopsis:          Important: thunderbird security update
>> Advisory ID:       SLSA-2014:1166-1
>> Issue Date:        2014-09-08
>> CVE Numbers:       CVE-2014-3577
>> --
>>
>> 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)
>> --
>>
>> SL5
>>    x86_64
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
>>    i386
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10.i386.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10.i386.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10.i386.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10.i386.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.4.el5_10.i386.rpm
>> SL6
>>    x86_64
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0.9.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.1-0.9.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-0.9.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-0.9.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-0.9.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>>    i386
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0.9.el6_5.i686.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.1-0.9.el6_5.i686.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-0.9.el6_5.i686.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-0.9.el6_5.i686.rpm
>>      jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-0.9.el6_5.i686.rpm
>>
>> - Scientific Linux Development Team
>>
>


-- 
Pat Riehecky

Scientific Linux developer
http://www.scientificlinux.org/