GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch Denial of service vulnerability in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient

MEDIUM Published 2018-10-17 Modified 2023-02-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2015-5262
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
Severity
Moderate
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient: < 4.3.6 → fixed in 4.3.6

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2015-5262 http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 ignores the http.socket.timeout… vulnerability

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