AsyncHttpClient SSL Host Name Verification Security Weakness

BID:69317

Info

AsyncHttpClient SSL Host Name Verification Security Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 69317
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2013-7398
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 20 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 05 2016 10:40PM
Credit: Arun Babu Neelicattu
Vulnerable: Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.409.3
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.454
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.452
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.451
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.447
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.446
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.438
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.424.5.1
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.424.5
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.424.3
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.424.2
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.424.1
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.408
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.400.0.13
Jenkins CI Jenkins 1.400.0.12
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

AsyncHttpClient SSL Host Name Verification Security Weakness

AsyncHttpClient is prone to a security weakness.

An attacker may leverage this issue to perform man-in-the-middle attacks or impersonate trusted servers, which will aid in further attacks.

Exploit / POC

AsyncHttpClient SSL Host Name Verification Security Weakness

An attacker can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

AsyncHttpClient SSL Host Name Verification Security Weakness

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

AsyncHttpClient SSL Host Name Verification Security Weakness

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