[jira] [Created] (FALCON-1979) Update HttpClient versions to close security vulnerabilities

["Balu Vellanki (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Balu Vellanki created FALCON-1979:
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             Summary: Update HttpClient versions to close security vulnerabilities
                 Key: FALCON-1979
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FALCON-1979
             Project: Falcon
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Balu Vellanki
            Assignee: Balu Vellanki
             Fix For: 0.10


We learned that 

https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-5262 : 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.

https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-6153
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-5783
Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not 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 man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Hence, HttpClient version should be updated. 



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