GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf

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    GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf

    Published: 13 May 2022Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2012-5783

    Summary: Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Commons HttpClient

    Details: 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. Note that the Commons HttpClient project is [end of life](https://hc.apache.org/httpclient-legacy/). It has been replaced by the Apache HttpComponents project in its [HttpClient](https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.4.x/) and [HttpCore](https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-5.3.x/) modules. CVE-2012-5783 has been patched in [v4.0](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.0/) of the Apache HttpComponents HttpClient module.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5783, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984, https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client, https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00041.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00053.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0270.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0679.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0680.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0682.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0224.html, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient

    Purl: pkg:maven/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    20020423

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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