#VU72146 Input validation error in Axis - CVE-2012-5784

 

#VU72146 Input validation error in Axis - CVE-2012-5784

Published: February 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72146
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5784
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Axis
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Axis did not verify that the server host name matched the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field in X.509 certificates. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and spoof an SSL server if they had a certificate that was valid for any domain name.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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