CVE-2012-5783
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.
- EPSS
- 9.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-295
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:httpclient
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf | Maven | commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient | >=3.0 | no fix published |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00053.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0270.html