Bug 709531 (CVE-2011-1498)

Summary:	CVE-2011-1498 httpcomponents-client: sends Proxy-Authorization header to host when tunneling requests through authenticated proxy server
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	java-sig-commits, sgehwolf, sochotni
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Fixed In Version:	httpcomponents-client 4.1.1	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Vincent Danen 2011-05-31 22:07:39 UTC

From the httpclient release notes for version 4.1.1 [1]:

[HTTPCLIENT-1061] Fixed critical bug causing Proxy-Authorization header to be
sent to the target host when tunneling requests through a proxy server that
requires authentication.

[1] http://www.apache.org/dist/httpcomponents/httpclient/RELEASE_NOTES-4.1.x.txt

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2011-05-31 22:08:31 UTC

Created httpcomponents-client tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-15 [bug 709532]

Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2012-08-25 16:23:16 UTC

FC16 has 4.1.2, F17 has 4.1.3, and this is fixed in upstream 4.1.1 release.