CVE-2014-3604
Certificates.java in Not Yet Commons SSL before 0.3.15 does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Certificates.java in Not Yet Commons SSL before 0.3.15 does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.93% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- not yet commons ssl project/not yet commons ssl
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://juliusdavies.ca/svn/viewvc.cgi/not-yet-commons-ssl?view=rev&revision=172Patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1888.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131803
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97659
- https://github.com/victims/victims-cve-db/blob/master/database/java/2014/3604.yaml
- http://juliusdavies.ca/svn/viewvc.cgi/not-yet-commons-ssl?view=rev&revision=172Patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1888.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131803
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97659
- https://github.com/victims/victims-cve-db/blob/master/database/java/2014/3604.yaml
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.