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title: "CVE-2012-5784\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5784

Publication date 4 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass
Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service
implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5784?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| axis | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

debian 1.4-16.1 has a possible regression.
Nothing in the main archive seems to be directly affected by
this, and changing it now may introduce failures in certain
environments where the CN doesn't match the hostname.
Downgrading priority to "low"

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

if fixing this, also fix CVE-2014-3596

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5784)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5784)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5784)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5784)

### Other references

* <http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5784>