CVE-2015-5262

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2015-10-27

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Httpclient (Apache)
• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Fedora (Fedoraproject)

References

• 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…
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org…
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.…