CVE-2012-5783 (Medium) detected in commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

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CVE-2012-5783 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

The HttpClient component supports the client-side of RFC 1945 (HTTP/1.0) and RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1) , several related specifications (RFC 2109 (Cookies) , RFC 2617 (HTTP Authentication) , etc.), and provides a framework by which new request types (methods) or HTTP extensions can be created easily.

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/commons-httpclient/commons-httpclient/3.1/964cd74171f427720480efdec40a7c7f6e58426a/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spark-sql_2.11-2.2.3.jar (Root Library)
  • spark-core_2.11-2.2.3.jar
    • hadoop-client-2.6.5.jar
      • hadoop-common-2.6.5.jar
        • ❌ commons-httpclient-3.1.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: b23ac4a35a28378635d7eef881077d376557bfc5

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK and other products, 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.

Publish Date: 2012-11-04

URL: CVE-2012-5783

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5783

Release Date: 2012-11-04

Fix Resolution (commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient): 20020423

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.apache.spark:spark-sql_2.11): 2.3.0

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