Vulnerability in Apache Httpasyncclient
CVE-2014-3577
org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.5 and HttpAsyncClient before 4.0.2 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 "CN=" string in a field in the distinguished name (DN) of a certificate, as demonstrated by the "foo,CN=www.apache.org" string in the O field.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.092 (95.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.091 · newest: 0.092 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1891.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/solutions/1165533 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/110143 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60713 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/127913/Apache-HttpComponents-Man-In-The-Middle.ht… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1166.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-3577?
- CVE-2014-3577 is a vulnerability in Apache Httpasyncclient. Published 2014-08-21.
- Is CVE-2014-3577 known to be exploited?
- 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.