CVE-2014-3607

low-risk
Published 2018-01-08

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.21% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Ldaptive
Vt-Ldap

Affected Vendors

Ldaptive

References (10)

Third Party Advisory http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20140919.txt
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140438
Third Party Advisory https://code.google.com/archive/p/vt-middleware/issues/226
Third Party Advisory https://code.google.com/archive/p/vt-middleware/issues/227
Third Party Advisory https://code.google.com/archive/p/vt-middleware/issues/228
Third Party Advisory http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20140919.txt
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140438
Third Party Advisory https://code.google.com/archive/p/vt-middleware/issues/226
Third Party Advisory https://code.google.com/archive/p/vt-middleware/issues/227
Third Party Advisory https://code.google.com/archive/p/vt-middleware/issues/228
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low