4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-5262
Apache HttpComponents HttpClient SSL Handshake Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 27, 2015, 4:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:32 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-5262 has a 9 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-5262 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Apache httpclient
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-5262.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784 Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478 Vendor Advisory
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784 Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478 Vendor Advisory
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Python Shell Batchfile

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 14, 2024, 5:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

None

Python Shell Batchfile

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 5, 2024, 8:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile Clojure

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 27, 2023, 7:44 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

None

Java

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : May 27, 2023, 11:55 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

None

Java

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Nov. 14, 2022, 2:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 90 different CVEs too.

An analysis on open-source Android apps intended to learn if they are harmed by vulnerable dependencies 🔒

gradle cli security supply-chain-analytics python

Python Shell

Updated: 2 years, 10 months ago
8 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : June 4, 2020, 9:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 15 different CVEs too.

Old Commons HttpClient 3.x

HTML Java CSS

Updated: 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 19, 2017, 3:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

National Vulnerability Database dependency checker for Clojure projects

clojure lein-plugin cve-scanning vulnerability-detection

Clojure Makefile

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
278 stars 36 fork 36 watcher
Born at : July 28, 2016, 10:47 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Java based SDK for the Whispir.io API

Java

Updated: 5 years, 6 months ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Sept. 7, 2014, 9:17 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-5262 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-5262 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html
    Added Reference http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538
    Added Reference https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478
    Added Reference https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00033.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784 No Types Assigned http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1626784 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/ No Types Assigned https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpclient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.3.5 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpclient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.3 up to (including) 4.3.5
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpclient:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478 No Types Assigned https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-5262 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-5262 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.84 }} 1.55%

score

0.92640

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability