CVE-2015-5262

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache HttpClient: from 4.3 through 4.3.5
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
Fedoraproject Fedora: 21, 22, 23

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167962.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/167999.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168030.html
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
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033743
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261538
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1478
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-02-26/

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