CVE-2011-1498 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2011-1498 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - httpclient-4.0.1.jar

HttpComponents Client (base module)

path: /root/.m2/repository/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.0.1/httpclient-4.0.1.jar

Library home page: http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client

Dependency Hierarchy:

• geoip2-0.7.1.jar (Root Library)
  • google-http-client-1.17.0-rc.jar
    • ❌ httpclient-4.0.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2011-07-07

URL: CVE-2011-1498

CVSS 2 Score Details (4.3)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709531

Release Date: 2017-12-31

Fix Resolution: Upgrade to version httpcomponents-client 4.1.1 or greater

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