CVE-2014-3577

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-08-18
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

It was found that the fix for CVE-2012-6153 was incomplete: the code added to check that the server hostname matches the domain name in a subject's Common Name (CN) field in X.509 certificates was flawed. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (jakarta-commons-httpclient)	ELSA-2014-1166	2014-09-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (jakarta-commons-httpclient)	ELSA-2014-1166	2014-09-08
Oracle Linux version 7 (httpcomponents-client)	ELSA-2014-1146	2014-09-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (jakarta-commons-httpclient)	ELSA-2014-1166	2014-09-08