Security Bulletin: Vulnerability from Apache HttpComponents affects IBM Cloud Pak System (CVE-2011-1498, CVE-2015-5262)

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified Apache HttpComponents shipped with IBM Cloud Pak System.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2011-1498
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache HttpClient 4.x before 4.1.1 in Apache HttpComponents, when used with an authenticating proxy server, sends the Proxy-Authorization header to the origin server, which allows remote web servers to obtain sensitive information by logging this header.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66241 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2015-5262
**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.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/106932 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Cloud Pak System V2.3.0 and V2.3.0.1, upgrade to V2.3.1.1.

Information on upgrading can be found here: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10887959.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None