# CVE-2012-5784: Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Servic

- Also known as: GHSA-55W9-C3G2-4RRH
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-11-04 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.apache.axis:axis (Maven): through 1.4
- axis:axis (Maven): through 1.4

## Description

Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier, as used in PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Mass Pay, PayPal Transactional Information SOAP, the Java Message Service implementation in Apache ActiveMQ, and other products, 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.apache.axis:axis, axis:axis, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0269.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0037.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51219
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0683.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56408
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79829
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/44d4e88a5fa8ae60deb752029afe9054da87c5f859caf296fcf585e5%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/de2af12dcaba653d02b03235327ca4aa930401813a3cced8e151d29c%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00022.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8aa25c99eeb0693fc229ec87d1423b5ed5d58558618706d8aba1d832%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a308887782e05da7cf692e4851ae2bd429a038570cbf594e6631cc8d%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5e6c92145deddcecf70c3604041dcbd615efa2d37632fc2b9c367780%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E

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