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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-13956: Security patch for httpcomponents-client (ALAS-2023-1946)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-13956: Security patch for httpcomponents-client (ALAS-2023-1946)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/02/2020
Created
02/23/2023
Added
02/23/2023
Modified
02/23/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-httpcomponents-client
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-httpcomponents-client-javadoc

References

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