CVE-2012-5817

HIGH

Amazon Ec2 API Tools Java Library - Improper Certificate Validation

Title source: rule

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Exploit x_refsource_misc

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

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79934

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 32.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-295

Status published

Products (3)

amazon/ec2_api_tools_java_library

codehaus/xfire < 1.2.6

org.codehaus.xfire/xfire-core 0Maven

Published Nov 04, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026