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medium4.3

CVE-2013-7398

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Async Http Client

Impact

main/java/com/ning/http/client/AsyncHttpClientConfig.java in Async Http Client (aka AHC or async-http-client) before 1.9.0 does not require a hostname match during verification of X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTTPS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavencom.ning:async-http-client< 1.9.01.9.0

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Async-Http-Client ProjectAsync-Http-Client
through 1.9.0
RedhatJboss Fuse
through 6.1.0

Weakness classification

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