Denial of service vulnerability in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Oct 17, 2018
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 13, 2023
Package
Affected versions
< 4.3.6
Patched versions
4.3.6
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Oct 27, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Oct 17, 2018
Reviewed
Jun 16, 2020
Last updated
Feb 13, 2023
http/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.
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