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
| Vulnerability | OS Platform |
|---|---|
| Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM WebSphere 9.0.5.8 | Windows |
| Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM WebSphere 8.5.5.20 | Windows |
| Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM WebSphere 8.5.5.9 | Windows |
| Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in IBM WebSphere 8.0.0.12 | Windows |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-6153 are fixed in Apache-httpclient 4.2.3 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Aspera Shares 1.10.1 | Windows |
| Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager 7.3.0.10 | Windows |
| A Java(TM) library for creating HTTP clients (USN-2769-1) libcommons-httpclient-java_3.1-10ubuntu0.1_all.deb | Linux |
| A Java(TM) library for creating HTTP clients (USN-2769-1) libcommons-httpclient-java_3.1-10.2ubuntu0.14.04.1_all.deb | Linux |
| A Java(TM) library for creating HTTP clients (USN-2769-1) libcommons-httpclient-java_3.1-10.2ubuntu0.15.04.1_all.deb | Linux |
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-6153 are fixed in Apache-httpclient for Linux 4.2.3 | Linux |
Patch Details
No records foundReferences
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234