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CVE-2012-5784 Detail

Description

Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  11/04/2012

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0269.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0683.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0037.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf Exploit Technical Description
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56408 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79829

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-5784
NVD Published Date:
11/04/2012
NVD Last Modified:
08/28/2017