CVE-2012-5785
Apache Axis2 has Improper Input Validation
EPSS 0.49%
Description
Apache Axis2/Java 1.7.9 and earlier 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.
How to fix CVE-2012-5785
To remediate CVE-2012-5785, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.apache.axis2:axis2—upgrade to 1.8.0 or later
- Maven/org.apache.axis2:axis2-transport-http—upgrade to 1.8.0 or later
Is CVE-2012-5785 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.8.0
- from 0, < 1.8.0