nuSOAP up to 0.7.3-4 Certificate Validation Hostname certificate validation

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A vulnerability has been found in nuSOAP up to 0.7.3-4 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Certificate Validation Handler. Performing a manipulation as part of Hostname results in certificate validation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-6071. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in nuSOAP up to 0.7.3-4. This affects an unknown part of the component Certificate Validation Handler. The manipulation as part of a Hostname leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

nuSOAP before 0.7.3-5 does not properly check the hostname of a cert.

The weakness was presented 11/19/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-6071 since 12/06/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 0.7.3-5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• nuSOAP

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• 0.7.3-4

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