Security update for apache-commons-httpclient

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3151-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2014-3577 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2015-5262 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

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]

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-3151=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3151=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-3151=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-3151=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-3151=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (noarch)
    • apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.3.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (noarch)
    • apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.3.2

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