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Vulnerability_idVCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd
Summary
Improper Certificate Validation in Apache Commons HttpClient
Apache 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.

Note 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 It has been replaced by the Apache HttpComponents project in its [HttpClient](https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-5.4.x/) and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
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alias CVE-2012-5783
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alias GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf
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vulnerability VCID-6amm-pfu5-6bf4
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vulnerability VCID-jd44-nhjx-3yfw
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vulnerability VCID-mkuu-7x6y-7kc6
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vulnerability VCID-x63h-y2jy-pyaz
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vulnerability VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd
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vulnerability VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd
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vulnerability VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd
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vulnerability VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd
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vulnerability VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd
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vulnerability VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd
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vulnerability VCID-rp7v-71b5-sqfd
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