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CVE-2012-5783
published 2012-11-04

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…

PriorityP336medium5.8CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCPIPAN
EPSS
9.25%
94.8th percentile
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.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apachecommons-httpclient>= 0 < 3.1-10.23.1-10.2
apachecommons-httpclient>= 0 < 3.1-10.23.1-10.2
apachecommons-httpclient>= 0 < 3.1-10.23.1-10.2
apachecommons-httpclient>= 0 < 3.1-10.23.1-10.2
apachecommons-httpclient4.0 – 4.2.2
apachehttpclient
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiancommons-httpclient< commons-httpclient 3.1-10.2 (bookworm)commons-httpclient 3.1-10.2 (bookworm)
debiancommons-httpclient< commons-httpclient 3.1-10.1 (bookworm)commons-httpclient 3.1-10.1 (bookworm)

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
ghsa5.8MEDIUM
osv5.8MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.8MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.8MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.8MEDIUM
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