CVE-2012-6153
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 5.84 % · percentile 93 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java in Apache Commons HttpClient before 4.2.3 does not properly 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 a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5783.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
Advisories
- GHSA-2x83-r56g-cv47 — Improper certificate validation in org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-0479
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2012-6153
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-2021-AVI-539 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons-httpclient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4.0 ≤ 4.2.2
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1891.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1165533
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1098.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1888.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1833.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0850.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0158.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1834.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1411705
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0125.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129916
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1892.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0851.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05103564
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1835.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69257
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2769-1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1836.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 |