Improper Input Validation in Apache Axis2
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 27, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 4, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Reviewed
Jul 12, 2022
Last updated
Jan 27, 2023
Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 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.
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