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CVE-2014-3607 Detail

Current Description

DefaultHostnameVerifier in Ldaptive (formerly vt-ldap) 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/08/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.9 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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Hyperlink Resource
http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20140919.txt Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140438 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://code.google.com/archive/p/vt-middleware/issues/226 Third Party Advisory
https://code.google.com/archive/p/vt-middleware/issues/227 Third Party Advisory
https://code.google.com/archive/p/vt-middleware/issues/228 Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-3607
NVD Published Date:
01/08/2018
NVD Last Modified:
01/31/2018