CVE-2014-3522

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-08-19

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-297

Affected products

• Subversion (Apache)
• Xcode (Apple)
• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00038.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59432
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59584
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60100
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60722
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/109996
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69237
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2316-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95090
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95311
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05
• https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2014-3522-advisory.txt
• https://support.apple.com/HT204427