Description
Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 and earlier 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.
Remediation
References
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/51219
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56408
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79830
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