CVE-2020-13956

Publication date 2 December 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
httpcomponents-client	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 4.5.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 4.5.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.5.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.3.3-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 Ubuntu Pro

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
httpcomponents-client	Upstream: e628b4c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-5239-1
HttpClient vulnerability
8 August 2022