CVE-2012-5783
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-5783 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-11-04 22:55:03 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Apache | Httpclient | 3.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.04 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.securityfocus.com/bid/58073 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:0622-1: moderate: jakarta-commons-httpclient: enhance S | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Broken Link |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:0623-1: moderate: jakarta-commons-httpclient3: enhance | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Broken Link |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:0638-1: moderate: jakarta-commons-httpclient3: enhance | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Broken Link |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| USN-2769-1: Apache Commons HttpClient vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2013:0354-1: moderate: jakarta-commons-httpclient3: Add SSL | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Broken Link |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| [HTTPCLIENT-1265] Insecure certificate validation CVE-2012-5783 - ASF JIRA | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.apache.org | Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.cs.utexas.edu | Technical Description, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 330135 IBM Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server spoof due to Apache Commons HttpClient (commonshttp_advisory)