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IMPROPER INPUT VALIDATION AFFECTING ORG.APACHE.HTTPCOMPONENTS:HTTPCLIENT
PACKAGE, VERSIONS [,4.5.13)

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SEVERITY

Recommended
5.3
medium
0
10

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 * Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHTTPCOMPONENTS-1048058
 * published 3 Dec 2020
 * disclosed 3 Dec 2020
 * credit Unknown

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HOW TO FIX?

Upgrade org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient to version 4.5.13 or higher.


OVERVIEW

org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient is a HttpClient component of the Apache
HttpComponents project.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation.
Apache HttpClient can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs
passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for
request execution.


REFERENCES

 * Apache Security Advisory
 * GitHub Commit
 * GitHub Commit


CVSS SCORES

version 3.1
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SNYK

5.3 medium
 * Attack Vector (AV)
   Network
 * Attack Complexity (AC)
   Low
 * Privileges Required (PR)
   None
 * User Interaction (UI)
   None

 * Scope (S)
   Unchanged

 * Confidentiality (C)
   None
 * Integrity (I)
   Low
 * Availability (A)
   None

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NVD

5.3 medium
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RED HAT

5.3 medium


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