CVE-2014-3577 (Medium) detected in httpclient-4.3.3.jar

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CVE-2014-3577 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - httpclient-4.3.3.jar

HttpComponents Client

Library home page: http://www.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /persistence/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient/4.3.3/18f4247ff4572a074444572cee34647c43e7c9c7/httpclient-4.3.3.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient/4.3.3/18f4247ff4572a074444572cee34647c43e7c9c7/httpclient-4.3.3.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• springfox-staticdocs-2.6.1.jar (Root Library)
  • swagger2markup-0.9.2.jar
    • swagger-compat-spec-parser-1.0.13.jar
      • ❌ httpclient-4.3.3.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 335a4047c89f52dfe860e93daefb32dc86a521a2

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.5 and HttpAsyncClient before 4.0.2 does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a "CN=" string in a field in the distinguished name (DN) of a certificate, as demonstrated by the "foo,CN=www.apache.org" string in the O field.

Publish Date: 2014-08-21

URL: CVE-2014-3577

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2014-08-21

Fix Resolution: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient:4.0.2, org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.3.5

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