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Security Bulletin: Information disclosure in Apache Commons HttpClient used by WebSphere Application Server shipped with Jazz for Service Management (CVE-2012-5783)

Created by Nakkala Kumar on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/741903
741903

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a potential information disclosure in Apache Commons HttpClient used by WebSphere Application Server.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2012-5783
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons HttpClient, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by the failure to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing a specially-crafted certificate, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof an SSL server.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79984 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Jazz for Service Management version 1.1.0 - 1.1.3

Remediation/Fixes

Principal Product and Version(s)

 Affected Supporting Product and Version Affected Supporting Product Security Bulletin
Jazz for Service Management version 1.1.0 - 1.1.3 Websphere Application Server Full Profile 8.5.5

Security Bulletin: Information disclosure in Apache Commons HttpClient used by WebSphere Application Server (CVE-2012-5783)

Workarounds and Mitigations

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

28 November 2018: Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 November 2018

UID

ibm10741903

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