CVE-2014-3522
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The Serf RA layer in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.18 and 1.8.x before 1.8.10 does not properly handle wildcards in the Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.
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Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not the versions of subversion as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7, as they do not use the Serf RA layer.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | subversion | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | subversion | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | subversion | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Subversion project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Ben Reser of WANdisco as the original reporter.External References
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