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Debian: CVE-2020-13956: httpcomponents-client -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-13956: httpcomponents-client -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/13/2020
Created
10/14/2020
Added
10/13/2020
Modified
12/07/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-httpcomponents-client

References

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