CVE-2012-5783

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-10-16

Description

Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible PaymentsService (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.

See more information about CVE-2012-5783 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (jakarta-commons-httpclient)	ELSA-2013-0270	2013-02-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (jakarta-commons-httpclient)	ELSA-2013-0270	2013-02-19

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