CVE-2012-5781 describes a vulnerability in Amazon Elastic Load Balancing API Tools where the software fails to verify that the server hostname matches the X.509 certificate's subject. This oversight allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers using any valid certificate. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this medium-severity vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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