CVE-2012-5783: Improper Certificate Validation
(updated )
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.
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00041.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00053.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0270.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0679.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0680.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0682.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0224.html
- www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf
- issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5783
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