CVE-2012-5784

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.13% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0269.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0037.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51219 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0683.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56408 vdb entry third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79829 vdb entry
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf technical description exploit
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/44d4e88a5fa8ae60deb752029afe9054da87c5f859caf296fcf585e5%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/de2af12dcaba653d02b03235327ca4aa930401813a3cced8e151d29c%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00007.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00022.html vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8aa25c99eeb0693fc229ec87d1423b5ed5d58558618706d8aba1d832%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a308887782e05da7cf692e4851ae2bd429a038570cbf594e6631cc8d%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5e6c92145deddcecf70c3604041dcbd615efa2d37632fc2b9c367780%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5784?
CVE-2012-5784 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5784?
To fix CVE-2012-5784, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-5784 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-5784 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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