CVE-2012-5662

medium

Description

x3270 before 3.3.12ga12 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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82984

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889373

http://sourceforge.net/projects/x3270/files/x3270/3.3.12ga12/

http://secunia.com/advisories/52650

http://osvdb.org/91572

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-05-27

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium