CVE-2020-13956
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.3
5.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactLow
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)9%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products we track (3)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03bbc318c81be21f5c8a9b85e34f2ecc741aa804a8e43b0ef2c37749%40%3Cissues.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r043a75acdeb52b15dd5e9524cdadef4202e6a5228644206acf9363f9%40%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06cf3ca5c8ceb94b39cd24a73d4e96153b485a7dac88444dd876accb%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0a75b8f0f72f3e18442dc56d33f3827b905f2fe5b7ba48997436f5d1%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0bebe6f9808ac7bdf572873b4fa96a29c6398c90dab29f131f3ebffe%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r12cb62751b35bdcda0ae2a08b67877d665a1f4d41eee0fa7367169e0%40%3Cdev.ranger.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r132e4c6a560cfc519caa1aaee63bdd4036327610eadbd89f76dd5457%40%3Cdev.creadur.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2835543ef0f91adcc47da72389b816e36936f584c7be584d2314fac3%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E