CVE-2012-5783

Aliases:GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 04 Nov 2012, 22:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 21:14

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
23/100
CVSS Score
5.8 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.62% LOW
1% probability -0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Nov 2012, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 21:14
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.62%• Percentile: 70%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-295•Improper Certificate Validation

    The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Systems

  • apache•httpclient

    3.1

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.04

  • commons-httpclient•commons-httpclient

    ≥ 3.0

References (20)