Incomplete verification of server hostname in Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier allows SSL server spoofing via X.509 certificate with incorrect Common Name (CN) field.

CVE-2014-3596 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

The getCN function in Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5784.

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