Improper Input Validation Affecting maven:3.5/maven-shared-utils package, versions <0:3.2.1-0.1.module+el8+2452+b359bfcd


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-MAVEN-4960396
  • 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 maven:3.5/maven-shared-utils to version 0:3.2.1-0.1.module+el8+2452+b359bfcd or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1861.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream maven:3.5/maven-shared-utils package and not the maven:3.5/maven-shared-utils 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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