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DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5783
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...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
commons-httpclient
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1-10.1"}]}]
Debian:13
commons-httpclient
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1-10.1"}]}]
Debian:14
commons-httpclient
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1-10.1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org