CVE-2012-5783 (Medium) detected in commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

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CVE-2012-5783 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

The HttpClient component supports the client-side of RFC 1945 (HTTP/1.0) and RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1) , several related specifications (RFC 2109 (Cookies) , RFC 2617 (HTTP Authentication) , etc.), and provides a framework by which new request types (methods) or HTTP extensions can be created easily.

Path to dependency file: hadoop-crypto/hadoop-crypto/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: canner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient/3.1/964cd74171f427720480efdec40a7c7f6e58426a/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient/3.1/964cd74171f427720480efdec40a7c7f6e58426a/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• hadoop-common-2.7.3.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ commons-httpclient-3.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: c87ffc6b57551c0ce1c2ffa481dbff77be9b0e38

Vulnerability Details

Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK 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.

Publish Date: 2012-11-04

URL: CVE-2012-5783

CVSS 2 Score Details (5.8)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/79984

Release Date: 2017-12-31

Fix Resolution: Apply the appropriate patch for your system. See References.