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CVE-2012-6153

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 5.84%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-09-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2012-6153
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
5.84%
Apache Java

Original NVD Description

http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java in Apache Commons HttpClient before 4.2.3 does not properly 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 a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5783.