CVE-2015-5262

Apache HttpComponents HttpClient <4.3.6 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (15)

Core 15

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0120

EPSS Percentile 79.2%

Details

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Products (8)

apache/httpclient 4.3 - 4.3.5

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04

fedoraproject/fedora 21

fedoraproject/fedora 22

fedoraproject/fedora 23

org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient 0 - 4.3.6Maven

Published Oct 27, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026