CVE-2012-5783

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-5783
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2012-11-04T22:55:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-04-23T17:28:08
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-295 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpclient:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0270.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0681.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0679.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00053.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0680.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0682.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00041.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0224.html Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58073 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5783
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5783
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:14:28 Added to TrackCVE