The HttpClient component supports the client-side of RFC 1945 (HTTP/1.0) and RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1) , several related specifications (RFC 2109 (Cookies) , RFC 2617 (HTTP Authentication) , etc.), and provides a framework by which new request types (methods) or HTTP extensions can be created easily.
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.
CVE-2012-6153 - Low Severity Vulnerability
The HttpClient component supports the client-side of RFC 1945 (HTTP/1.0) and RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1) , several related specifications (RFC 2109 (Cookies) , RFC 2617 (HTTP Authentication) , etc.), and provides a framework by which new request types (methods) or HTTP extensions can be created easily.
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Path to dependency file: /pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient/3.1/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar
Dependency Hierarchy: - esapi-2.1.0.1.jar (Root Library) - antisamy-1.5.3.jar - :x: **commons-httpclient-3.1.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 03a2d50646afdd26f30b31b1f14f22aab9de8e02
Found in base branch: main
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.
Publish Date: 2014-09-04
URL: CVE-2012-6153
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: None
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Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6153
Release Date: 2014-09-04
Fix Resolution: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2.3