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FreeBSD : httpclient -- Improper Certificate Validation (de3f0385-7c37-11f1-8dc2-dca632daf43b)

low Nessus Plugin ID 326310

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the de3f0385-7c37-11f1-8dc2-dca632daf43b advisory.

 MITRE reports:
 Apache Commons HttpClient 3.x, as used in ..., 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5783

http://www.nessus.org/u?e7572680

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 326310

File Name: freebsd_pkg_de3f03857c3711f18dc2dca632daf43b.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/10/2026

Updated: 7/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:jakarta-commons-httpclient, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:apache-commons-httpclient

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5783