Amazon Linux 2 : httpcomponents-client (ALAS-2023-1946)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171804

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of httpcomponents-client installed on the remote host is prior to 4.2.5-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1946 advisory.

Apache HttpClient versions prior to version 4.5.13 and 5.0.3 can misinterpret malformed authority component in request URIs passed to the library as java.net.URI object and pick the wrong target host for request execution. (CVE-2020-13956)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update httpcomponents-client' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171804

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1946.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 2/22/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpcomponents-client-javadoc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:httpcomponents-client

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13956

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