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CVE-2014-3596

Improper Validation of Certificates in apache axis

Impact

The getCN function in Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier does not properly 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 a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5784.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.axis:axis<= 1.4none recorded
mavenaxis:axis<= 1.4none recorded

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheAxis
through 1.4
Versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3

Weakness classification

CWE-297

References