CVE-2012-6153 – CXF: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5783 fix

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2012-6153

20 Aug 2014 — 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. http/conn/ssl/AbstractVerifier.java en Apache... • http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1098.html • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation CWE-297: Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch •