Vulnerability Details CVE-2012-5783
Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 66.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.8
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00053.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0270.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0679.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0680.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0681.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0682.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0224.html
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58073
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00053.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0270.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0679.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0680.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0681.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0682.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0224.html
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58073
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265
Products affected by CVE-2012-5783
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cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpclient:3.1
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04