VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-6153

medium
Published 2014-09-04 · Modified 2024-12-02
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.3

Description

Improper certificate validation in org.apache.httpcomponents: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 Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.1-10.2
sid Fixed 3.1-10.2
forky Fixed 3.1-10.2
bullseye Fixed 3.1-10.2
bookworm Fixed 3.1-10.2

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient<4.2.34.2.3

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachecommons-httpclient{"startIncluding":"4.0","endIncluding":"4.2.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.