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SCA: security update for org.apache.axis2:axis2, org.apache.axis2:axis2-transport-http (GHSA-wwq7-pxwc-p4rc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420160

Description

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

 - Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 and earlier 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-2012-5785)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwq7-pxwc-p4rc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420160

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5785

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5785

BID: 56408

cwe: CWE-20