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CVE-2014-3522 json

The Serf RA layer in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.18 and 1.8.x before 1.8.10 does not properly handle wildcards in the…

published 2014-08-19 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3521

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Serf RA layer in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.18 and 1.8.x before 1.8.10 does not properly handle wildcards in the Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

Patch / fix

  • subversion Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3522

  • subversion Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.8.8-1ubuntu3.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3522

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • subversion openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.9.5-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10538-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3522 updated cvss 4.3

subversion: incorrect SSL certificate validation in Serf RA (repository access) layer

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 subversion Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 subversion, mod_dav_svn, subversion-kde, subversion-perl, subversion-ruby, subversion-gnome, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 subversion, mod_dav_svn, subversion-kde, subversion-libs, subversion-perl, subversion-ruby, +4 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-297 Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch

References

Sources

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