| Name | CVE-2020-13956 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2405-1, DSA-4772-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| httpcomponents-client (PTS) | buster, buster (security) | 4.5.7-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.5.13-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 4.5.14-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886587
Fixed by: https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/commit/e628b4c5c464c2fa346385596cc78e035a91a62e (4.5.13-RC1)