CVE-2012-5784

axis: missing connection hostname check against X.509 certificate name

Published Nov 4, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 5.8 Medium EPSS 5.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, 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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-169-1 axis security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-1408 Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-55w9-c3g2-4rrh Man-in-the-middle attack in Apache Axis
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