CVE-2012-5662

Severity

57%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

81%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Paul Mattes x3270

First reported 10 years ago

2014-05-27 14:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-29 01:32:00

Affected Software

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.5

3.3.5

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.6

3.3.6

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.7

3.3.7

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.8

3.3.8

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.8 p1

3.3.8

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.8 p2

3.3.8

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.8 p3

3.3.8

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.9 ga11

3.3.9

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.9 ga12

3.3.9

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.10 ga3

3.3.10

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.10 ga4

3.3.10

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.10 ga5

3.3.10

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.11 beta2

3.3.11

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.11 beta4

3.3.11

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.11 ga6

3.3.11

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.12 beta6

3.3.12

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.12 ga10

3.3.12

Paul Mattes x3270 3.3.12 ga7

3.3.12

References

91572

52650

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

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

x3270-cve20125662-spoofing(82984)

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