CVE-2012-5783 – commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient

Package

Manager: maven
Name: commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient
Vulnerable Version: >=3.0 <4.0

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00649 pctl0.69891

Details

Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Commons HttpClient 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. Note that the Commons HttpClient project is [end of life](https://hc.apache.org/httpclient-legacy/). It has been replaced by the Apache HttpComponents project in its [HttpClient](https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.4.x/) and [HttpCore](https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-5.3.x/) modules. CVE-2012-5783 has been patched in [v4.0](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.0/) of the Apache HttpComponents HttpClient module.

Metadata

Created: 2022-05-13T01:10:34Z
Modified: 2024-11-05T22:28:04Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf/GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-295"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf
Finding: F163
Auto approve: 1