httpclient-4.5.12.jar: 2 vulnerabilities (highest severity is: 6.5) reachable

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Vulnerable Library - httpclient-4.5.12.jar

Apache HttpComponents Client

Library home page: http://www.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.5.12/httpclient-4.5.12.jar

Found in HEAD commit: bf8704d43c30f97e6b81388a152e3528d45aeacf

Vulnerabilities

CVE	Severity	CVSS	Exploit Maturity	EPSS	Dependency	Type	Fixed in (httpclient version)	Remediation Possible**	Reachability
WS-2019-0379	Medium	6.5	Not Defined		commons-codec-1.10.jar	Transitive	N/A*	❌	Reachable
CVE-2020-13956	Medium	5.3	Not Defined	0.2%	httpclient-4.5.12.jar	Direct	4.5.13	✅	Reachable

*For some transitive vulnerabilities, there is no version of direct dependency with a fix. Check the "Details" section below to see if there is a version of transitive dependency where vulnerability is fixed.

**In some cases, Remediation PR cannot be created automatically for a vulnerability despite the availability of remediation

Details

WS-2019-0379

### Vulnerable Library - commons-codec-1.10.jar

The Apache Commons Codec package contains simple encoder and decoders for various formats such as Base64 and Hexadecimal. In addition to these widely used encoders and decoders, the codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.

Library home page: http://www.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.10/commons-codec-1.10.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - httpclient-4.5.12.jar (Root Library) - :x: **commons-codec-1.10.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: bf8704d43c30f97e6b81388a152e3528d45aeacf

Found in base branch: master

### Reachability Analysis This vulnerability is potentially reachable ``` org.joychou.controller.PathTraversal (Application) -> ❌ org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64 (Vulnerable Component) ```

### Vulnerability Details

Apache commons-codec before version “commons-codec-1.13-RC1” is vulnerable to information disclosure due to Improper Input validation.

Publish Date: 2019-05-20

URL: WS-2019-0379

### Threat Assessment

Exploit Maturity: Not Defined

EPSS:

### CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

### Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2019-05-20

Fix Resolution: commons-codec:commons-codec:1.13

CVE-2020-13956

### Vulnerable Library - httpclient-4.5.12.jar

Apache HttpComponents Client

Library home page: http://www.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.5.12/httpclient-4.5.12.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **httpclient-4.5.12.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: bf8704d43c30f97e6b81388a152e3528d45aeacf

Found in base branch: master

### Reachability Analysis This vulnerability is potentially reachable ``` org.joychou.util.HttpUtils (Application) -> org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.HttpAsyncClients (Extension) -> org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.HttpAsyncClientBuilder (Extension) -> org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRedirectStrategy (Extension) -> ❌ org.apache.http.client.utils.URIUtils (Vulnerable Component) ```

### Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2020-12-02

URL: CVE-2020-13956

### Threat Assessment

Exploit Maturity: Not Defined

EPSS: 0.2%

### CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

### Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-13956

Release Date: 2020-12-02

Fix Resolution: 4.5.13

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