CVE-2012-5817
CVSS V2 Medium 5.8
CVSS V3 None
Description
Codehaus XFire 1.2.6 and earlier, as used in the Amazon EC2 API Tools Java library 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-2012-5817
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2012-11-04T22:55:04
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-08-29T01:32:46
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:amazon:ec2_api_tools_java_library:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:codehaus:xfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.2.6 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:codehaus:xfire:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:codehaus:xfire:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 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 | Exploit |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79934 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5817 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5817 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:47:43 | Added to TrackCVE |