CVE-2014-3596

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…

published August 27, 2014

CVSS
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EPSS
9%
Percentile
95.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.09152 · 95.3th percentile
Published
2014-08-27T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 AUG 00:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5