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SCA: security update for org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient (GHSA-cfh5-3ghh-wfjx)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422839

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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" string in the O field. (CVE-2014-3577)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfh5-3ghh-wfjx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422839

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.23

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3577

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3577

BID: 69258

cwe: CWE-347