CVE-2015-5262

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5262
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-27 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:52:00 UTC
Descriptionhttp/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Httpclient All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[HTTPCLIENT-1478] https calls ignore http.socket.timeout during SSL Handshake - ASF JIRA CONFIRM issues.apache.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1873-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Jenkins Security Advisory 2018-02-26 CONFIRM jenkins.io Third Party Advisory
Apache Commons Components HttpClient HTTPS Timeout Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
USN-2769-1: Apache Commons HttpClient vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CPU July 2018 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-23.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-20.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1875-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[Apache-SVN] Revision 1626784 CONFIRM svn.apache.org Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
1261538 – (CVE-2015-5262) CVE-2015-5262 jakarta-commons-httpclient, httpcomponents-core: missing HTTPS connection timeout CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: jakarta-commons-httpclient-3.1-23.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375670 IBM WebSphere Application Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (6453091)
  • 671131 EulerOS Security Update for httpcomponents-client (EulerOS-SA-2019-2518)
  • 981104 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient (GHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch)
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