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Subject: [jira] [Updated] (HTTPCLIENT-1265) Insercure certificate validation
 CVE-2012-5783
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     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-1265?page=3Dcom.atl=
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Alberto Fern=C3=A1ndez updated HTTPCLIENT-1265:
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    Attachment: CVE-2012-5783.patch

Patch that validates certificate DNSSubjectAlts/CN matches the server name =
we are trying to connect to
               =20
> Insercure certificate validation CVE-2012-5783
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HTTPCLIENT-1265
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-126=
5
>             Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: HttpClient
>    Affects Versions: 3.1 Final
>         Environment: All
>            Reporter: Alberto Fern=C3=A1ndez
>         Attachments: CVE-2012-5783.patch
>
>
> See.
> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
> Using JSSE you must manually validate server name you're connecting to ma=
tches 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=3DCVE-2012-5783

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