CVE-2012-5783
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.8 · CWE-295
5.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)9%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- 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
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0679.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0680.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0681.html