CVE-2012-5784

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductApache Activemq
PublishedNov 4, 2012
First seenNov 4, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apache activemqv ≤ 5.7.0—
apache axisv ≤ 1.4, No range specified, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3—
paypal mass_payNo range specified—
paypal payments_proNo range specified—
paypal transactional_information_soapNo range specified—
org.apache.axis:axisMavenv ≤ 1.4—
axis:axisMavenv ≤ 1.4—

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CVE-2012-5784 · Apache Activemq · Dark Radar