CVE-2012-5662
x3270: does not properly validate SSL certificates
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · March 20, 2013
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
x3270 before 3.3.12ga12 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.
Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of x3270 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as they did not include support for SSL certificate verification.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWE not specified