CVE-2011-1498

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1498
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-07-07 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2011-09-22 03:30:00 UTC
DescriptionApache HttpClient 4.x before 4.1.1 in Apache HttpComponents, when used with an authenticating proxy server, sends the Proxy-Authorization header to the origin server, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging this header.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 All All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 alpha1 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 alpha2 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 alpha3 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 alpha4 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.1 All All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.1 alpha1 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.1 alpha2 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.1 beta1 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 All All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 alpha1 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 alpha2 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 alpha3 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 alpha4 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.1 All All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.1 alpha1 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.1 alpha2 All All
Application Apache Httpclient 4.1 beta1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Proxy-Authorization header received on server side' - MARC MLIST marc.info
'Re: Proxy-Authorization header received on server side' - MARC MLIST marc.info
oss-security - Re: Apache HttpClient CVE request [VU#153049] MLIST openwall.com
709531 – (CVE-2011-1498) CVE-2011-1498 httpcomponents-client: sends Proxy-Authorization header to host when tunneling requests through authenticated proxy server CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
'RE: Proxy-Authorization header received on server side' - MARC MLIST marc.info
Apache HttpComponents 'HttpClient' Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
'Re: Proxy-Authorization header received on server side' - MARC MLIST marc.info
[HTTPCLIENT-1061] Proxy-Authorization header received on server side - ASF JIRA CONFIRM issues.apache.org
'RE: Proxy-Authorization header received on server side' - MARC MLIST marc.info
404 Not Found CONFIRM www.apache.org
Proxy-Authorization header received on server side - SecurityReason.com SREASON securityreason.com
CERT Vulnerability Notes Database CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
oss-security - Apache HttpClient CVE request [VU#153049] MLIST openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: httpcomponents-client-4.1.1-2.fc15 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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