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Debian: Security Advisory for httpcomponents-client (DSA-4772-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'httpcomponents-client' package(s) announced via the DSA-4772-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Priyank Nigam discovered that HttpComponents Client, a Java HTTP agent implementation, could misinterpret malformed authority component in a request URI and pick the wrong target host for request execution.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'httpcomponents-client' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.7-1+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your httpcomponents-client packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)