CVE-2012-6153 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-6153

http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java in Apache Commons HttpClient before 4.2.3 does not properly...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

commons-httpclient
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 4th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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