CVE-2014-3522
The Serf RA layer in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.18 and 1.8.x before 1.8.10 does not properly handle wildcards in the Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Serf RA layer in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.18 and 1.8.x before 1.8.10 does not properly handle wildcards in the Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.58% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-297
- Affected
- apache/subversion · opensuse/opensuse · canonical/ubuntu linux · apple/xcode
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 5.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59432
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60722
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/109996
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69237Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2316-1Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95090
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95311
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05
- https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2014-3522-advisory.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT204427Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00038.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59432
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60722
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/109996
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69237Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2316-1Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95090
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95311
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05
- https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2014-3522-advisory.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT204427Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.