CVE-2014-3607

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2014-09-19
CWE:
CWE-228->CWE-297
Bugzilla:
1140438: CVE-2014-3607 vtldap/ldaptive: Hostname verification susceptible to MITM attack

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

DefaultHostnameVerifier in Ldaptive (formerly vt-ldap) does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Find out more about CVE-2014-3607 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not Vulnerable. This issue only affects vtldap/ldaptive, which is not included in any supported Red Hat products.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

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

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