openSUSE Security Update: Security update for apache-commons-httpclient ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1875-1 Rating: important References: #1178171 #945190 Cross-References: CVE-2014-3577 CVE-2015-5262 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available. Description: This update for apache-commons-httpclient fixes the following issues: - http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java ignores the http.socket.timeout configuration setting during an SSL handshake, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (HTTPS call hang) via unspecified vectors. [bsc#945190, CVE-2015-5262] - org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier 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 MITM attackers to spoof SSL servers via a "CN=" string in a field in the distinguished name (DN) of a certificate. [bsc#1178171, CVE-2014-3577] This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 15.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1875=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 15.2 (noarch): apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-lp152.6.3.1 apache-commons-httpclient-demo-3.1-lp152.6.3.1 apache-commons-httpclient-javadoc-3.1-lp152.6.3.1 apache-commons-httpclient-manual-3.1-lp152.6.3.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3577.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5262.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178171 https://bugzilla.suse.com/945190 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org