CVE-2012-6153 (Low) detected in commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

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CVE-2012-6153 - Low Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

The HttpClient component supports the client-side of RFC 1945 (HTTP/1.0) and RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1) , several related specifications (RFC 2109 (Cookies) , RFC 2617 (HTTP Authentication) , etc.), and provides a framework by which new request types (methods) or HTTP extensions can be created easily.

Library home page: http://jakarta.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /jobs/pacman-rule-engine-2.0/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient/3.1/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient/3.1/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient/3.1/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ commons-httpclient-3.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: acf9a0620c1a37cee4f2896d71e1c3731c5c7b06

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2014-09-04

URL: CVE-2012-6153

CVSS 3 Score Details (3.7)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6153

Release Date: 2014-09-04

Fix Resolution: org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2.3

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