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[jira] [Resolved] (HTTPCLIENT-1265) Insercure certificate
validation CVE-2012-5783
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Oleg Kalnichevski resolved HTTPCLIENT-1265.
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Resolution: Implemented
I committed the patch as is after a _very_ cursory review. I did not attempt to compile the source or run test cases.
Oleg
> Insercure certificate validation CVE-2012-5783
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Key: HTTPCLIENT-1265
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265
> Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: HttpClient
> Affects Versions: 3.1 Final
> Environment: All
> Reporter: Alberto Fernández
> Attachments: CVE-2012-5783-2.patch
>
>
> See.
> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
> Using JSSE you must manually validate server name you're connecting to matches one of the names provided by the certificate. So you can detect a man-in-the-middle type attack with a valid certificado for other site.
> http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5783
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