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.
Published: 2012-11-04
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-5659 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wwq7-pxwc-p4rc Apache Axis2 has Improper Input Validation
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:14:16.347Z

Reserved: 2012-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5785

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-04T22:55:03.390

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5785

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5785 - Bugzilla

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