ALAS2-2023-1946

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-13956  

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)

ALAS2-2023-1946


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1946
Advisory Release Date: 2023-02-17 00:11 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-02-22 01:55 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

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)


Affected Packages:

httpcomponents-client


Issue Correction:
pkg_manager = 'yum'Run update httpcomponents-client to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    httpcomponents-client-javadoc-4.2.5-5.amzn2.0.1.noarch

src:
    httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-5.amzn2.0.1.src