5.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2012-5783

Published: 04/11/2012 Updated: 23/04/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.8 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 516
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

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 malicious users to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

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apache httpclient 3.1

canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

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canonical ubuntu linux 15.04

Vendor Advisories

Several security issues were fixed in commons-httpclient ...
Synopsis Moderate: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An updated jakarta-commons-httpclient package for JBoss EnterpriseApplication Platform 520 which fixes one security issue is now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6The Red Hat Secur ...
Synopsis Moderate: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Updated jakarta-commons-httpclient packages that fix one security issue arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moder ...
Synopsis Critical: Red Hat Fuse 712 release and security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Critical Topic A minor version update (from 711 to 712) is now available for Red Hat Fuse The purpose of this text-only errata is to inform you about the security issues fixed in this releaseRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as h ...
Synopsis Moderate: jakarta-commons-httpclient security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An updated jakarta-commons-httpclient package for JBoss Enterprise WebPlatform 520 which fixes one security issue is now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6The Red Hat Security Resp ...
Synopsis Important: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 632 security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 632 packages thatfix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,6, and 7Red Hat Produc ...
Debian Bug report logs - #692650 axis: CVE-2012-5784 Package: axis; Maintainer for axis is Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutilorg> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 07:15:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: patch, security Fixed in versions axis/14-162 ...
Debian Bug report logs - #692442 CVE-2012-5783: Insecure certificate validation Package: commons-httpclient; Maintainer for commons-httpclient is Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutilorg> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:00:01 UTC Severity: impor ...
Debian Bug report logs - #758086 CVE-2014-3577 Apache HttpComponents hostname verification bypass Package: commons-httpclient; Maintainer for commons-httpclient is Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Henri Salo <henri@nervfi> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 07:15:02 UTC Severi ...
The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component did not verify that the server hostname matched the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field in X509 certificates This could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof an SSL server if they had a certificate that was valid for any domain name (CVE-2012-5783) ...
Apache Commons HttpClient 3x, 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 X509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid ...

Github Repositories

Old Commons HttpClient 3.x

Apache HttpComponents Commons HttpClient Welcome to the Commons HttpClient component of the Apache HttpComponents project Licensing Apache HttpComponents Commons HttpClient is licensed under the Apache License 20 See the files called LICENSEtxt and NOTICEtxt for more information About this repo This repo is a fork of HttpClient 3x with the latest svn changes and security