USN-2769-1

It was discovered that Apache Commons HttpClient did not properly verify the Common Name or subjectAltName fields of X.509 certificates. An attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-5783)

Florian Weimer discovered the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was incomplete for Apache Commons HttpClient. An attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-6153)

Subodh Iyengar and Will Shackleton discovered the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was incomplete for Apache Commons HttpClient. An attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications. (CVE-2014-3577)

It was discovered that Apache Commons HttpClient did not properly handle read timeouts during HTTPS handshakes. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5262)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / commons-httpclient

Package

Name: commons-httpclient
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/commons-httpclient@3.1-10.2ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.1-10.2ubuntu0.14.04.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.1-10.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1-10.2ubuntu0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libcommons-httpclient-java"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2769-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-3577"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-5262"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}