Bug 1196619 (CVE-2015-1796) - CVE-2015-1796 OpenSAML Java: PKIX Trust Engines Exhibit Critical Flaw In Trusted Names Evaluation
Summary: CVE-2015-1796 OpenSAML Java: PKIX Trust Engines Exhibit Critical Flaw In Trus...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-1796
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1196628 1201533 1201534 1201535 1201536 1201537 1201538 1201539 1201540 1201541 1201542 1201543 1201544 1201545 1201546 1201547 1201548 1201549 1201550
Blocks: 1196291 1196328 1196624 1232965
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Reported: 2015-02-26 12:08 UTC by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified: 2021-02-17 05:35 UTC (History)
43 users (show)

Fixed In Version: OpenSAML Java 2.6.5
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
It was found that PKIX trust components allowed an X.509 credential to be trusted if no trusted names were available for the entityID. An attacker could use a certificate issued by a shibmd:KeyAuthority trust anchor to impersonate an entity within the scope of that keyAuthority.
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Last Closed: 2017-06-20 19:39:16 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1176 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2.0 update 2015-06-23 20:52:52 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1177 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2.0 update 2015-06-23 20:52:10 UTC

Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-02-26 12:08:09 UTC 
A critical flaw has been discovered in the PKIX trust components that
allows an X509 credential to be trusted in the special case where no
trusted names are available for the given entityID.
See External References for the complete details.

External References:

http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150225.txt
Comment 1 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-02-26 12:16:00 UTC 
Created opensaml-java tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1196628]
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2015-06-23 16:52:44 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.2.0

Via RHSA-2015:1177 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-06-23 16:53:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2.0

Via RHSA-2015:1176 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
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