Synopsis: Moderate: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update Issue Date: 2013-02-19 CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-5783 -- The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component did not verify that the server hostname 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-2012-5783) Applications using the Jakarta Commons HttpClient component must be restarted for this update to take effect. -- SL5 x86_64 jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.2.x86_64.rpm i386 jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.0-7jpp.2.i386.rpm SL6 x86_64 jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0.7.el6_3.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.1-0.7.el6_3.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-0.7.el6_3.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-0.7.el6_3.x86_64.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-0.7.el6_3.x86_64.rpm i386 jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-0.7.el6_3.i686.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-debuginfo-3.1-0.7.el6_3.i686.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-0.7.el6_3.i686.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-0.7.el6_3.i686.rpm jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-0.7.el6_3.i686.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team