PT-2014-5412 · Apache+3 · Apache Axis+3

Published 2014-08-27 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2014-3596

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Axis versions 1.4 and earlier

Description The issue arises from the getCN function not properly verifying that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate. This 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. The problem exists due to an incomplete fix for a previous issue.

Recommendations For Apache Axis versions 1.4 and earlier, consider updating to a version that properly verifies the server hostname against the X.509 certificate's Common Name or subjectAltName field to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of SSL connections to trusted servers with properly validated certificates.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-297

Related Identifiers

CESA-2014_1193

CVE-2014-3596

DLA-169-1

GHSA-R53V-VM87-F72C

MGASA-2014-0549

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1497-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_1497-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_1526-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10646-1

RHSA-2014:1193

RHSA-2014_1193

SUSE-SU-2019:1373-1

SUSE-SU-2019:1373-2

SUSE-SU-2019:1382-1

Affected Products

Apache Axis

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

References · 62

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00022.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS-2905 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3596 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1193.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3596 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3596 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1382-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0549.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3596 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:1497-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3596 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1373-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3596 · Vendor Advisory