A rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
RHSA-2022:0722-01: Moderate: rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0722-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0722
Issue date: 2022-03-01
CVE Names: CVE-2020-13956
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1. Summary:
An update for rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client is now available for Red Hat
Software Collections.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch
3. Description:
HttpClient is a HTTP/1.1 compliant HTTP agent implementation based on
httpcomponents HttpCore. It also provides reusable components for
client-side authentication, HTTP state management, and HTTP connection
management.
Security Fix(es):
* apache-httpclient: incorrect handling of malformed authority component in
request URIs (CVE-2020-13956)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1886587 - CVE-2020-13956 apache-httpclient: incorrect handling of malformed authority component in request URIs
6. Package List:
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client-4.5.9-1.3.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client-4.5.9-1.3.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.5.9-1.3.el7.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client-4.5.9-1.3.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client-4.5.9-1.3.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-maven36-httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.5.9-1.3.el7.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13956
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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