Description
It was discovered that Apache Commons HttpClient did not properly verify the
Common Name or subjectAltName fields of X.509 certificates. An attacker could
exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive
information or alter encrypted communications. This issue only affected Ubuntu
12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-5783)
Florian Weimer discovered the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was incomplete for Apache
Commons HttpClient. An attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the
middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-6153)
Subodh Iyengar and Will Shackleton discovered the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was
incomplete for Apache Commons HttpClient. An attacker could exploit this to
perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter
encrypted communications. (CVE-2014-3577)
It was discovered that Apache Commons HttpClient did not properly handle read
timeouts during HTTPS handshakes. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5262)