CVE-2012-5786 (GCVE-0-2012-5786)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-04 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:14 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The wsdl_first_https sample code in distribution/src/main/release/samples/wsdl_first_https/src/main/ in Apache CXF before 2.7.0 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. NOTE: The vendor states that the sample had specifically used a flag to bypass the DN check
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-18 18:47 UTC
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2012-10-25 00:00
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