UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5783

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5783

    Published: 4 Nov 2012Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-5783
    Aliases:
    USN-2769-1

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5783, http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2769-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5783

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: commons-httpclient

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1-10.2

    Affected versions

    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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