CVE-2012-6153

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 subjects 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 Information

Base Score
9.1
MODERATE
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.248

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM WebSphere 9.0.5.8Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM WebSphere 8.5.5.20Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM WebSphere 8.5.5.9Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM WebSphere 8.0.0.12Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-6153 are fixed in Apache-httpclient 4.2.3Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Aspera Shares 1.10.1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0.10Windows
A Java(TM) library for creating HTTP clients (USN-2769-1) libcommons-httpclient-java_3.1-10ubuntu0.1_all.debLinux
A Java(TM) library for creating HTTP clients (USN-2769-1) libcommons-httpclient-java_3.1-10.2ubuntu0.14.04.1_all.debLinux
A Java(TM) library for creating HTTP clients (USN-2769-1) libcommons-httpclient-java_3.1-10.2ubuntu0.15.04.1_all.debLinux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-6153 are fixed in Apache-httpclient for Linux 4.2.3Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234