PT-2014-2368 · Apache · Apache Axis2

Seth Arnold · Published 2014-09-29 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-6107

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Axis2/C (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a failure to verify the server hostname against the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate. This allows attackers to spoof SSL servers by using any valid certificate, potentially leading to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6107

Affected Products

Apache Axis2

References · 10

• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2C-1619 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6107 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894372 · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfaf85467328c125126e2607196a7fb9510a9f9513dadf6d954b4af0c%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0e30b2b72099a995f6e91342b03d3e4b477677d0ea77e3ce55b53614%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E · Note
• http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/axis-c-dev/201301.mbox/browser · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81211 · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06e82460243af2ec9cc5a9af0a718943bc53c804b0a786ac61d518e4%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r469d2a5b453c95fc8335f581422a5e7ae4d31f10d22650fb85abfc2d%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/57267 · Note