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CVE-2012-5785

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
04/11/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 and earlier 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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.6.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:axis2:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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