CVE-2011-1498
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache HttpClient
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.1.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.1.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.1.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.1.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.1.1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient | >=4.0.0,<4.1.1 | 4.1.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | httpclient | 4.0 | |
| apache | httpclient | 4.0.1 | |
| apache | httpclient | 4.1 | |
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/153049
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46974
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709531
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1061
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1498
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1498
- https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/commit/a572756592c969affd0ce87885724e74839176fb
- https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.