Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar affects IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0 (CPDS 2.0) (CVE-2012-5783)

Summary

Commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar package is used by IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0 . IBM Cloud Pak for Data System 2.0 has addressed the applicable CVE (CVE-2012-5783).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2012-5783
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Commons HttpClient, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by the failure to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject’s Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing a specially-crafted certificate, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof an SSL server.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to latest version.

Please follow the steps given in release notes to upgrade the system with the above version.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None