CVE-2012-5783

Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x - Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: llm

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.

References (18)

Core 18

Core References

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0681.html

Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0680.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58073

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0270.html

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0682.html

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00053.html

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00041.html

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html

Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0679.html

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1

Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0224.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0925

EPSS Percentile 94.7%

Details

CWE

CWE-295

Status published

Products (5)

apache/httpclient 3.1

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04

commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient 3.0Maven

Published Nov 04, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026