Improper Input Validation Affecting commons-httpclient package, versions <3.1-10.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.84% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-COMMONSHTTPCLIENT-309271
  • published4 Sept 2014
  • disclosed4 Sept 2014

Introduced: 4 Sep 2014

CVE-2012-6153  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable commons-httpclient to version 3.1-10.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream commons-httpclient package and not the commons-httpclient package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1