CVE-2014-3577 Affecting jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual package, versions <1:3.1-15.8.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.52% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-JAKARTACOMMONSHTTPCLIENTMANUAL-1677255
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed21 Aug 2014

Introduced: 21 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-3577  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual to version 1:3.1-15.8.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-410.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual package and not the jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.5 and HttpAsyncClient before 4.0.2 does not properly 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 a "CN=" string in a field in the distinguished name (DN) of a certificate, as demonstrated by the "foo,CN=www.apache.org&#34; string in the O field.

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