Improper Input Validation Affecting eap7-resteasy-cdi package, versions <0:3.11.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-EAP7RESTEASYCDI-5323943
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Oct 2020

Introduced: 8 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-13956  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 eap7-resteasy-cdi to version 0:3.11.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0248.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eap7-resteasy-cdi package and not the eap7-resteasy-cdi package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 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.

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