CVE-2015-5262
http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 ignores the http.socket.timeout configuration setting during an SSL handshake, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (HTTPS call hang)…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.6 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 18.76% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · apache/httpclient
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 18.8% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478Vendor Advisory
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478Vendor Advisory
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.