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CVE-2014-3604 (GCVE-0-2014-3604)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-10-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:50
VLAI
Summary
Certificates.java in Not Yet Commons SSL before 0.3.15 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Date Public
2014-08-20 00:00
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