Bug 709531 (CVE-2011-1498) - CVE-2011-1498 httpcomponents-client: sends Proxy-Authorization header to host when tunneling requests through authenticated proxy server
Summary: CVE-2011-1498 httpcomponents-client: sends Proxy-Authorization header to host...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2011-1498
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 709532
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-31 22:07 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:45 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: httpcomponents-client 4.1.1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-08-25 16:23:16 UTC
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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.
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