Security update for apache-commons-httpclient (important)

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for apache-commons-httpclient fixes the following issues:

• http/conn/ssl/SSLConnectionSocketFactory.java 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. [bsc#945190, CVE-2015-5262]
• org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier does not properly verify that
  the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject’s Common Name
  (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows MITM
  attackers to spoof SSL servers via a “CN=” string in a field in the
  distinguished name (DN)
  of a certificate. [bsc#1178171, CVE-2014-3577]

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• openSUSE Leap 15.2:

  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1875=1