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CVE-2012-5783

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.


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
apache:httpclient apache httpclient 3.1
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 15.04
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
canonical:ubuntu_linux canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

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