CVE-2012-6153

CXF: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5783 fix

Published Sep 4, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 5.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java in Apache Commons HttpClient before 4.2.3 does not properly 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 a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5783.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-222-1 commons-httpclient security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0479 http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java in Apache Commons HttpClient before 4.2.3 does not properly 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 a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5783.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2x83-r56g-cv47 Improper certificate validation in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2769-1 Apache Commons HttpClient vulnerabilities
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