Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-standalone  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEJACKRABBIT-30649
  • published8 Jan 2014
  • disclosed4 Nov 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Nov 2012

CVE-2012-5783  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-300  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-standalone 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.

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