CVE-2012-5783
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 9.21 % · percentile 95 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
Advisories
- GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf — Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Commons HttpClient
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-2129
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2012-5783
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1291 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0756 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-928 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:httpclient:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0681.html
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0680.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58073
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0270.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0682.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00041.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1853.html
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0679.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0224.html
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |