Description
The PayPal IPN functionality in Zen Cart 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5806.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-5685 | The PayPal IPN functionality in Zen Cart 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5806. |
References
| Link | Providers |
|---|---|
| http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T20:02:18.307Z
Reserved: 2012-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-5805
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Status : Modified
Published: 2012-11-04T22:55:04.200
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2012-5805
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD