CVE-2012-5785

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-10-16
Bugzilla:
873253: CVE-2012-5785 axis2: Does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's CN or subjectAltName field of the x.509 certificate

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-5785 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue only affects axis2 as shipped with Fedora. It does not affect components shipped with any Red Hat products.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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