National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability
Database

    Vulnerabilities Detail

CVE-2015-5262 Detail

Current Description

http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  10/27/2015
View Analysis Description

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html Third Party Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784 Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478 Vendor Advisory
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/ Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Change History

6 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-5262
NVD Published Date:
10/27/2015
NVD Last Modified:
07/18/2018