Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Apache Commons HttpClient |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | USN-2769-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-10-14 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-10-14 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 5.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in commons-httpclient. Software Description: - commons-httpclient: A Java(TM) library for creating HTTP clients Details: It was discovered that Apache Commons HttpClient did not properly verify the Common Name or subjectAltName fields of X.509 certificates. An attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-5783) Florian Weimer discovered the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was incomplete for Apache Commons HttpClient. An attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-6153) Subodh Iyengar and Will Shackleton discovered the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was incomplete for Apache Commons HttpClient. An attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. (CVE-2014-3577) It was discovered that Apache Commons HttpClient did not properly handle read timeouts during HTTPS handshakes. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5262) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 33 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
| 33 % | CWE-295 | Certificate Issues |
| 33 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21046 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21046 | ||
| Title: | RHSA-2013:0270: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (Moderate) | ||
| Description: | Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | RHSA-2013:0270-02 CESA-2013:0270 CVE-2012-5783 | Version: | 4 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 CentOS Linux 5 CentOS Linux 6 | Product(s): | jakarta-commons-httpclient |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23325 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23325 | ||
| Title: | DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013:0270: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (Moderate) | ||
| Description: | Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2013:0270-02 CVE-2012-5783 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 | Product(s): | jakarta-commons-httpclient |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23687 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23687 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2013:0270: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (Moderate) | ||
| Description: | Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2013:0270-02 CVE-2012-5783 | Version: | 6 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 | Product(s): | jakarta-commons-httpclient |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26049 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26049 | ||
| Title: | SUSE-SU-2013:0610-1 -- Security update for jakarta | ||
| Description: | The following issue has been fixed: * SSL certificate hostname verification was not done and is fixed by this update. (CVE-2012-5783) Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-5783 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5783 > | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | SUSE-SU-2013:0610-1 CVE-2012-5783 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 | Product(s): | jakarta |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26139 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26139 | ||
| Title: | RHSA-2014:1146: httpcomponents-client security update (Important) | ||
| Description: | HttpClient is an HTTP/1.1 compliant HTTP agent implementation based on httpcomponents HttpCore. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | RHSA-2014:1146-00 CESA-2014:1146 CVE-2014-3577 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 CentOS Linux 7 | Product(s): | httpcomponents-client |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26499 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26499 | ||
| Title: | RHSA-2014:1166: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (Important) | ||
| Description: | Jakarta Commons HTTPClient implements the client side of HTTP standards. It was discovered that the HTTPClient incorrectly extracted host name from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2014-3577) For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section. All jakarta-commons-httpclient users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | RHSA-2014:1166-00 CESA-2014:1166 CVE-2014-3577 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 CentOS Linux 6 CentOS Linux 7 | Product(s): | jakarta-commons-httpclient |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26509 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26509 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2014-1146 -- httpcomponents-client security update (Important) | ||
| Description: | HttpClient is an HTTP/1.1 compliant HTTP agent implementation based on httpcomponents HttpCore. It was discovered that the HttpClient incorrectly extracted host name from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2014-3577) For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section. All httpcomponents-client users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2014-1146 CVE-2014-3577 CVE-2012-6153 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 7 | Product(s): | httpcomponents-client |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27050 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27050 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2014-1166 -- jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (Important) | ||
| Description: | Jakarta Commons HTTPClient implements the client side of HTTP standards. It was discovered that the HTTPClient incorrectly extracted host name from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2014-3577) For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section. All jakarta-commons-httpclient users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2014-1166 CVE-2014-3577 CVE-2012-6153 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 7 Oracle Linux 6 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | jakarta-commons-httpclient |
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27584 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27584 | ||
| Title: | DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013-0270 -- jakarta-commons-httpclient security update (moderate) | ||
| Description: | [1:3.1-0.7] - Add missing connection hostname check against X.509 certificate name - Resolves: CVE-2012-5783 | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2013-0270 CVE-2012-5783 | Version: | 4 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 | Product(s): | jakarta-commons-httpclient |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-10-31 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_ac18046c9b0811e68011005056925db4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-10-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2769-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-10-02 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-15590.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-10-02 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-15589.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-10-02 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-15588.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-10-02 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-322.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-09-01 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2015-0158.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-05-20 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-222.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-04-17 | Name : The remote Windows host has web portal software installed that is affected by... File : websphere_portal_8_0_0_1_cf15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-22 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-2019.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-12 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1834.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-12 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1833.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-08 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1098.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-08 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-0224.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-12 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2014-410.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-01 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1321.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-01 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1320.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-12 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-170.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-09 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2014-1166.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-09 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1166.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-09 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1166.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-08 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1162.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-04 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2014-1146.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-04 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1146.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-09-04 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2014-1146.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-08-30 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-9629.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-08-30 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-9617.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-08-27 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-9581.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-08-27 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-9539.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2013-304.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2013-161.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2013-305.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-09-04 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2013-169.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-07-12 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-04-04 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_jakarta-commons-httpclient3-130328.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-03-26 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0680.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-02-21 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20130219_jakarta_commons_httpclient_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-02-20 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-02-20 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2013-0270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-02-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2013-1289.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-02-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2013-1203.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2013-02-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2013-1189.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2015-10-27 21:27:25 |
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| 2015-10-16 13:24:49 |
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| 2015-10-14 21:21:40 |
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