CVE-2020-13956

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache Httpclient
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 December 2020

Summary

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution.

Affected Version(s)

Apache HttpClient 4.5.12 and prior, 5.0.2 and prior

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6dab7da30f8bf075f79...
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf7ca60f78f05b772cc0...
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcced7ed3237c29cd19c...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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