Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
HttpClient is an HTTP/1.1 compliant HTTP agent implementation based on httpcomponents HttpCore.
It was discovered that the HttpClient incorrectly extracted host name from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate. (CVE-2014-3577)
For additional information on this flaw, refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section.
All httpcomponents-client users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Affected
httpcomponents-client on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-6153, CVE-2014-3577 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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