medium4.3
CVE-2015-5262
Denial of service vulnerability in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
Impact
http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 ignores the http.socket.timeout configuration setting during an SSL handshake, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (HTTPS call hang) via unspecified vectors.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient | < 4.3.6 | 4.3.6 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 21, 22, 23 |
| Apache | Httpclient | from 4.3 through 4.3.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5262
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E