CVE-2012-5784
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.057 · 93 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, 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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (16)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.1.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:maximo_asset_management:7.6.1.2
- IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.1.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:maximo_asset_management:7.6.1.3
- paypal transactional information soapall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:paypal:transactional_information_soap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-0273IBM Maximo Asset Management: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-02-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein anonymer Angreifer im angrenzenden Netzbereich kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Maximo Asset Management ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.
- GHSA-55w9-c3g2-4rrhMan-in-the-middle attack in Apache Axis2020-10-07ghsa · osvUS
Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, 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.
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sources
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references (54)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00007.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00022.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0269.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0683.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0037.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51219cnnvd
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdfcnnvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10872142cnnvd
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