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CVE-2012-5822 Details

Description

The contribution feature in Zamboni 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, related to use of the Python urllib2 library.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.4 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79929 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf CVEExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79929 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf [email protected]Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-295Improper Certificate Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla zamboni
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:zamboni:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-5822
NVD Published Date:
Nov 4, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]