CVE-2014-3596

Publication date 27 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
axis	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored

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Notes

jdstrand

fix for CVE-2012-5784 not applied to 12.04 LTS

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12662672/CVE-2014-3596.patch
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3596