CVE-2012-5785: Improper Input Validation

May 17, 2022 (updated July 12, 2022)

Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 and earlier 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.

References

www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79830
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwq7-pxwc-p4rc
issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-6018
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5785

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