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Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient package, versions [4.3,4.3.1)

0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.11% (45th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEHTTPCOMPONENTS-32018
  • published 4 Dec 2017
  • disclosed 30 Oct 2017
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 30 Oct 2017

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Overview

org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient is responsible for creating and maintaining a toolset of low level Java components focused on HTTP and associated protocols.

Affected versions of this pacage are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks.

http/impl/client/HttpClientBuilder.java in Apache HttpClient 4.3.x before 4.3.1 does not ensure that X509HostnameVerifier is not null, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving hostname verification.