CVE-2012-5583 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2012-5583?

CVE-2012-5583 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

phpCAS before 1.3.2 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.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5583?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apereo Phpcas.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5583?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-5583 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5583 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-1000071 Auth bypass in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2022-39369 Service Hostname Discovery Exploitation in phpCAS High 8.0
• CVE-2010-3692 Path traversal in n/a Medium 6.4
• CVE-2012-1105 Information disclosure in php-pear-CAS Medium 5.5
• CVE-2012-1104 Security feature bypass in phpCAS Medium 5.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5583, GHSA-qwv4-3pjq-hx89.