CVE-2014-3596: Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch

August 26, 2014 (updated June 7, 2019)

The getCN function in Apache Axis 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.

References

issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS-2905
web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-3596

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