[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: httpcomponents-client-4.2.5-4.fc19

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-9629
2014-08-21 07:55:10
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Name        : httpcomponents-client
Product     : Fedora 19
Version     : 4.2.5
Release     : 4.fc19
URL         : http://hc.apache.org/
Summary     : HTTP agent implementation based on httpcomponents HttpCore
Description :
HttpClient is a HTTP/1.1 compliant HTTP agent implementation based on
httpcomponents HttpCore. It also provides reusable components for
client-side authentication, HTTP state management, and HTTP connection
management. HttpComponents Client is a successor of and replacement
for Commons HttpClient 3.x. Users of Commons HttpClient are strongly
encouraged to upgrade.

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Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2014-3577
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Aug 18 2014 Michal Srb <msrb at redhat.com> - 4.2.5-4
- Fix MITM security vulnerability
- Resolves: CVE-2014-3577
* Sat Aug  3 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org> - 4.2.5-3
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
* Mon Jun 10 2013 Michal Srb <msrb at redhat.com> - 4.2.5-2
- Enable tests on Fedora
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1129074 - CVE-2014-3577 Apache HttpComponents client: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-6153 fix
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129074
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