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{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/43490?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd", "summary": "Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Commons HttpClient\nApache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK 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.\n\nNote that the Commons HttpClient project is [end of life](https://hc.apache.org/httpclient-legacy/). It has been replaced by the Apache HttpComponents project in its [HttpClient](https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.4.x/) and [HttpCore](https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-5.3.x/) modules. CVE-2012-5783 has been patched in [v4.0](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.0/) of the Apache HttpComponents HttpClient module.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2012-5783" }, { "alias": "GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/91799?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/commons-httpclient@3.1-10.1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/commons-httpclient@3.1-10.1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/91798?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/commons-httpclient@3.1-16?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/commons-httpclient@3.1-16%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/62454?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient@4.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-6amm-pfu5-6bf4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-jd44-nhjx-3yfw" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-mkuu-7x6y-7kc6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-x63h-y2jy-pyaz" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient@4.0" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/62378?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient@3.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient@3.0" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/62453?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient@3.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient@3.0" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/182362?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.0-7jpp?arch=2", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.0-7jpp%3Farch=2" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/182365?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.1-0.7?arch=el6_3", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.1-0.7%3Farch=el6_3" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/182361?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.1-2_patch_01.ep5?arch=el6", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.1-2_patch_01.ep5%3Farch=el6" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/182363?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.1-2.1_patch_01.ep5?arch=el4", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.1-2.1_patch_01.ep5%3Farch=el4" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/182364?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.1-2.1_patch_01.ep5?arch=el5", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/jakarta-commons-httpclient@1:3.1-2.1_patch_01.ep5%3Farch=el5" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/182366?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/redhat-support-plugin-rhev@3.3.0-14?arch=el6ev", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/redhat-support-plugin-rhev@3.3.0-14%3Farch=el6ev" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00078.html" }, { "reference_url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00040.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", 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