Release Announcement: CAS Security Patches

[Misagh]

Please see https://apereo.github.io/2019/09/27/numvulndisc/ 

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- Misagh

[Jim Mulvey]

Hello, I see that CAS 5.2.x was removed from the Maintenace Policy (and thus considered EOL) 5 days ago, although it was previously set to go EOL on November 27th, 2019.

What does this vulnerability mean to those of us running 5.2.x ? Are we advised to upgrade to 5.3.x immediately? Why did support for 5.2.x end so abruptly?

[David Curry]

Bump. We have the same questions that Jim asked...

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[Jim Mulvey]

Hi David, based on this thread: https://groups.google.com/a/apereo.org/forum/#!topic/cas-appsec-public/zXqxDN9rB8A

I believe the solution for those on the 5.2 branch is to upgrade to 5.2.7

Also, that thread suggests that if you're using an alternative MFA solution (we're using Duo) then we're unaffected.

I'm not the authority on this, but that's what I'm piecing together.

- Jim

On Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 9:24:11 AM UTC-4, David Curry wrote:

Bump. We have the same questions that Jim asked...

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On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 11:16 AM Jim Mulvey <jmulv...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, I see that CAS 5.2.x was removed from the Maintenace Policy (and thus considered EOL) 5 days ago, although it was previously set to go EOL on November 27th, 2019.

What does this vulnerability mean to those of us running 5.2.x ? Are we advised to upgrade to 5.3.x immediately? Why did support for 5.2.x end so abruptly?

On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 5:29:43 AM UTC-4, Misagh Moayyed wrote:

Please see https://apereo.github.io/2019/09/27/numvulndisc/ 

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[Riley Wills]

Check out https://apereo.github.io/2019/09/27/numvulndisc/ that does mention "previous CAS versions are considered EOL and are advised to upgrade.” 

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[Riley Wills]

This thread doesn't appear to relate to the current vulnerability. A CVE does exist at https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2019-10754/ which might help answer some questions. Seems like the path forward for 5.2.x deployments is to upgrade to 5.3.12.1 or a newer version.

[David Curry]

But Jim's original question remains: why was 5.2.x suddenly removed from the support list 6 days ago when it was originally not scheduled to hit EOL until November 27th?

If there's no way to fix it and an upgrade is required, then say that. But just removing it from the list of supported releases 60 days before its support is scheduled to end, with no notice and no explanation, is not helpful.

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[Riley Wills]

I see your point now. You would expect a patch to 5.2.x to address this vulnerability if this version has not reached its EOL.

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