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SCA: security update for org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient (GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409382

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) merchant Java SDK 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. (CVE-2012-5783)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3832-9276-x7gf

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 409382

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5783

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5783

BID: 58073

cwe: CWE-295