CVE-2012-5662

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5662
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-27 14:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionx3270 before 3.3.12ga12 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.10 ga3 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.10 ga4 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.10 ga5 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.11 beta2 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.11 beta4 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.11 ga6 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.12 beta6 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.12 ga10 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.12 ga7 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.5 All All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.6 All All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.7 All All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.8 - All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.8 p1 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.8 p2 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.8 p3 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.9 ga11 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 3.3.9 ga12 All All
Application Paul Mattes X3270 All ga11 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
889373 – (CVE-2012-5662) CVE-2012-5662 x3270: does not properly validate SSL certificates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
osvdb.org/91572 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Security Advisory SA52650 - x3270 SSL Certificate Verification Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
x3270 - Browse /x3270/3.3.12ga12 at SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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