Description
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.
Published: 2012-11-04
Score: 3.7 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-222-1 commons-httpclient security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2129 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Commons HttpClient
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2769-1 Apache Commons HttpClient vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Amq Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform Jboss Enterprise Soa Platform Jboss Enterprise Web Framework Jboss Enterprise Web Platform Jboss Fuse Jboss Operations Network Rhev Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:16.415Z

Reserved: 2012-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5783

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-11-04T22:55:03.297

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-5783

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5783 - Bugzilla

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