CVE-2012-6107
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
Apache Axis2/C 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5976)
- Published
- September 29, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5976 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / apache axis2/c
References
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/axis-c-dev/201301.mbox/browser
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57267
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894372
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81211
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2C-1619(Vendor Advisory)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06e82460243af2ec9cc5a9af0a718943bc53c804b0a786ac61d518e4%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0e30b2b72099a995f6e91342b03d3e4b477677d0ea77e3ce55b53614%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r469d2a5b453c95fc8335f581422a5e7ae4d31f10d22650fb85abfc2d%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfaf85467328c125126e2607196a7fb9510a9f9513dadf6d954b4af0c%40%3Cc-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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