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EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : httpcomponents-client (EulerOS-SA-2019-2518)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 131671

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Synopsis

The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the version of the httpcomponents-client package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

 - http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 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.(CVE-2015-5262)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected httpcomponents-client package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f95eedda

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 131671

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2019-2518.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 12/4/2019

Updated: 4/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5262

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:httpcomponents-client, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp

Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5262