CVE-2014-3603
Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch in Shibboleth Identity Provider and OpenSAML Java
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.10%
Description
The (1) HttpResource and (2) FileBackedHttpResource implementations in Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) before 2.4.1 and OpenSAML Java 2.6.2 do not 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 an arbitrary valid certificate.
How to fix CVE-2014-3603
To remediate CVE-2014-3603, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.4.1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.6.2 or later
Is CVE-2014-3603 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.4.1
- from 0, < 2.6.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |