CVE-2012-5817

Codehaus XFire 1.2.6 and earlier, as used in the Amazon EC2 API Tools Java library and other products, 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.

CVSS v3 7.4 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.8 MEDIUM

7.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79934	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:amazon:ec2_api_tools_java_library:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:codehaus:xfire::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2012-11-04 22:55

Updated : 2024-02-14 17:18

NVD link : CVE-2012-5817

Mitre link : CVE-2012-5817

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-5817

JSON object : View

Products Affected

amazon

ec2_api_tools_java_library

codehaus

xfire

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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