CVE-2015-5262
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 18.76 % · percentile 97 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
Advisories
- GHSA-fmj5-wv96-r2ch — Denial of service vulnerability in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-0592
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2015-5262
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1291 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2021-AVI-539 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpclient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.3 ≤ 4.3.5
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |