CVE-2012-6107

Apache Axis2/C - Man-in-the-Middle Attack via SSL Certificate Hostname Mismatch

Title source: llm

Description

Apache Axis2/C 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 (9)

Core 9

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2C-1619

Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/axis-c-dev/201301.mbox/browser

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57267

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894372

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81211

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0e30b2b72099a995f6e91342b03d3e4b477677d0ea77e3ce55b53614%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06e82460243af2ec9cc5a9af0a718943bc53c804b0a786ac61d518e4%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfaf85467328c125126e2607196a7fb9510a9f9513dadf6d954b4af0c%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r469d2a5b453c95fc8335f581422a5e7ae4d31f10d22650fb85abfc2d%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E

Scores

EPSS 0.0215

EPSS Percentile 80.1%

Details

CWE

CWE-310

Status published

Products (1)

apache/apache_axis2\/c

Published Sep 29, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026