An apache-commons-httpclient security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.1.

security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:1873-1: important: Security update for apache-commons-httpclient

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for apache-commons-httpclient
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1873-1
Rating: important
References: #1178171 #945190
Cross-References: CVE-2014-3577 CVE-2015-5262
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for apache-commons-httpclient fixes the following issues:

- http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java 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. [bsc#945190, CVE-2015-5262]
- org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier 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 MITM
attackers to spoof SSL servers via a "CN=" string in a field in the
distinguished name (DN)
of a certificate. [bsc#1178171, CVE-2014-3577]

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1873=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-lp151.4.3.1
apache-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-lp151.4.3.1
apache-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-lp151.4.3.1
apache-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-lp151.4.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3577.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5262.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178171
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/945190