CVE-2012-5783

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
0.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 30% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: November 4, 2012 (4939 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-295

Affected Products

apache httpclientcanonical ubuntu linux

References

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