CVE-2012-5785
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 and earlier 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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (12)
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- Maven org.apache.axis2:axis2-transport-http< 1.8.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.axis2/axis2-transport-http
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-wwq7-pxwc-p4rcApache Axis2 has Improper Input Validation2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
Apache Axis2/Java 1.7.9 and earlier 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.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdfcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51219enisa_euvd
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56408enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79830enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51219nvd
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdfExploitnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56408nvd
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