CVE-2012-6153

Publication date 4 September 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
commons-httpclient 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 affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.1-10ubuntu0.1
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
httpcomponents-client 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
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

debian's 06_fix_CVE-2012-5783.patch already contains the fix for CVE-2012-6153

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
commons-httpclient
httpcomponents-client

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2769-1
    • Apache Commons HttpClient vulnerabilities
    • 14 October 2015

Other references