Hyperic HQ Known Vulnerabilities

Components of Hyperic HQ

Hyperic HQ is built with the following components. Please see the security advisories information for each component for more information on the security vulnerabilities and issues that may affect that component.

Component Security advisories
JBoss Application Server 4.0.x No longer supported
JBoss Application Server 4.2.x 4.2.x errata
Dojo Dojo security advisories

Hyperic HQ is built using the following versions of these components

Hyperic HQ version JBoss Application Server version Dojo versions
3.2.x 4.0.3 SP1 0.4.0 and 1.1.0
4.0.x 4.0.3 SP1 0.4.0 and 1.1.0
4.1.x 4.2.3 0.4.0 and 1.1.0
4.2.x 4.2.3 0.4.0 and 1.1.0

CVE-2009-3555, the SSL protocol MITM vulnerability, may be worked around via configuration. Since JBoss 4.2.x uses Apache Tomcat 6.0.x, details may be obtained from the Tomcat 6 security advisories page.

Authenticated users are exposed to the Dojo security vulnerabilities. Hyperic HQ users are advised not to browse untrusted sites whilst logged in to Hyperic HQ and to log out of Hyperic HQ when they have finished.

The next release of Hyperic HQ (4.3) will include updated Dojo components that are not vulnerable to the issues announced on 11 March 2010.

Known Vulnerabilities in Hyperic HQ

The following vulnerabilities are known to exist in Hyperic HQ. The information in this section may not be complete for unsupported versions. Users of unsupported versions are strongly encouraged to upgrade to a supported version.

Date Vulnerability Fixed in version
    4.2 4.1 4.0 3.2
2 October 2009 CVE-2009-2898 4.2-beta2 4.1.2.1 4.0.3.1 3.2.6.1
2 October 2009 CVE-2009-2897 4.2-beta2 4.1.2.1 4.0.3.1 3.2.6.1
23 March 2010 CVE-2009-2907 4.2.0.0 4.1.2.1 4.0.3.2 N/A
5 February 2011 CVE-2009-2899 4.2.x N/A N/A N/A