CVE-2017-14063 (High) detected in async-http-client-2.0.24.jar

Vulnerable Library - async-http-client-2.0.24.jar

The Async Http Client (AHC) classes.

Library home page: http://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client

Path to dependency file: /samples/client/petstore/java/retrofit2-play25/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.asynchttpclient/async-http-client/2.0.24/581a336197bbd3d11d1a0d4d89028cf8b9dfa28c/async-http-client-2.0.24.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• play-java-ws_2.11-2.5.14.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ async-http-client-2.0.24.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 4b7a8d7d7384aa6a27d6309c35ade0916edae7ed

Found in base branches: 3.0.0, master

Vulnerability Details

Async Http Client (aka async-http-client) before 2.0.35 can be tricked into connecting to a host different from the one extracted by java.net.URI if a '?' character occurs in a fragment identifier. Similar bugs were previously identified in cURL (CVE-2016-8624) and Oracle Java 8 java.net.URL.

Publish Date: 2017-08-31

URL: CVE-2017-14063

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: None

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14063

Release Date: 2017-08-31

Fix Resolution (org.asynchttpclient:async-http-client): 2.0.35

Direct dependency fix Resolution (com.typesafe.play:play-java-ws_2.11): 2.5.17