vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5239-1 (CVE-2020-13956): HttpClient vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Dec 2, 2020 | Mar 22, 2023 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Dec 2, 2020
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libhttpclient-java
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