Security Bulletin
Summary
Vulnerability has been identified in Apache Commons HttpClient shipped with IBM Cloud Pak System.
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 Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cloud Pak System | 2.3 |
| IBM Cloud Pak System | 2.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
27 Nov 2019: Initial Publication
10 Mar 2020: Version Update
*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 Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 May 2020
UID
ibm15695773