CVE-2014-3596

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
1.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 21% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: August 27, 2014 (4279 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

apache axis

References

🔗 linux.oracle.com 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 secunia.com