CVE-2012-6153

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6153
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-09-04 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:29:00 UTC
Descriptionhttp/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Commons-httpclient All All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2769-1: Apache Commons HttpClient vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Do CVE-2012-6153 and CVE-2014-3577 affect Red Hat products? - Red Hat Customer Portal CONFIRM access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM h20566.www2.hpe.com Third Party Advisory
[Apache-SVN] Revision 1411705 CONFIRM svn.apache.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1129916 – CVE-2012-6153 Apache HttpComponents client / Apache CXF: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5783 fix CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Apache HttpComponents Incomplete Fix SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375670 IBM WebSphere Application Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (6453091)
  • 981402 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient (GHSA-2x83-r56g-cv47)
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