VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1498
Apache HttpClient 4.x before 4.1.1 in Apache HttpComponents, when used with an authenticating proxy server, sends the Proxy-Authorization header to the origin server, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging this header.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 6.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Apache HttpClient 4.x before 4.1.1 in Apache HttpComponents, when used with an authenticating proxy server, sends the Proxy-Authorization header to the origin server, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging this header.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.69% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- apache/httpclient
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061440.html
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129853896315461&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129856318011586&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129857589129183&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129858274406594&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129858299106950&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/07/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/08/1
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8298
- http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES-4.1.x.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/153049US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46974
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709531
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1061
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061440.html
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129853896315461&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129856318011586&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129857589129183&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129858274406594&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=httpclient-users&m=129858299106950&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/07/7
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/08/1
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8298
- http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES-4.1.x.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/153049US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46974
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709531
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1061
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.