Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient

CVE-2015-5262 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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