CVE-2012-6153

Aliases:GHSA-2x83-r56g-cv47
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 14
Modified
Published: 04 Sept 2014, 17:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 21:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
17/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.25% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Sept 2014, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 21:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java in Apache Commons HttpClient before 4.2.3 does not properly 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 a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5783.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.25%• Percentile: 80%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • apache•commons-httpclient

    ≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.2.2

  • org.apache.httpcomponents•httpclient

    < 4.2.3

References (25)