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CVE-2012-5783

Publication date 4 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
commons-httpclient 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal Ignored
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.1-10ubuntu0.1
11.10 oneiric Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
httpcomponents-client 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

seth-arnold

Apache Commons HttpClient has been replaced by HttpComponents

mdeslaur

debian released 3.1-10.1 with a possible regression fix was incomplete, see CVE-2012-6153 and CVE-2014-3577

Patch details

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Package Patch details
commons-httpclient
httpcomponents-client

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2769-1
    • Apache Commons HttpClient vulnerabilities
    • 14 October 2015

Other references