CVE-2012-6153
http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java in Apache Commons HttpClient before 4.2.3 does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a…
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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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.httpcomponents:httpclientGHSA-2x83-r56g-cv47 (opens in a new tab)
References (21)
- RHSA-2014:1891 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0765 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1165533 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1098 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0720 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1888 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1833 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0850 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0158 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1834 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1411705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0125 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129916 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1892 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0851 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05103564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1835 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 69257 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-2769-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1836 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2x83-r56g-cv47 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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