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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-5262

medium Nessus Plugin ID 218856

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - 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 Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5262

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 218856

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2015_5262.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-manual, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jakarta-commons-httpclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jakarta-commons-httpclient-demo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5262