CVE-2012-6153 Security Details

CVE ID

CVE-2012-6153

CWE

CWE-20

CVE Description

http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java in Apache Commons HttpClient before 4.2.3 does not properly 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 a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5783.

Published

Mar 28, 2017

CVSS Score & Severity

4.3Medium

CVSS Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Score

1.248%

Malware

malware

KEV Status

Not in KEV Catalog: No known exploits

Vulnerable Methods

org/apache/http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.getCNs(Ljava/security/cert/X509Certificate;)[Ljava/lang/String;

JVMVulnerable params: 0

Affected Ecosystems

affected

Source

National Vulnerability Database

References

securityfocus.comTHIRD_PARTY

Red Hat · Bugzilla #1129074THIRD_PARTY

Red Hat · ErrataTHIRD_PARTY