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CVE-2012-6153

Published: Sep 4, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-20
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
5.8%
Top 7.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

commons-httpclientapache
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
n/an/a
Red Hat Enterprise VirtualizationRed Hat Inc.
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat SatelliteRed Hat Inc.
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
and 22 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1098.html
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1833.html
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1834.html
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Timeline

Published
Sep 4, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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