X.509 Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability in Async Http Client

CVE-2013-7398 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

main/java/com/ning/http/client/AsyncHttpClientConfig.java in Async Http Client (aka AHC or async-http-client) before 1.9.0 does not require a hostname match during verification of X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTTPS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

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