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CVE-2014-3596 json

Improper Validation of Certificates in apache axis

published 2014-08-27 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-r53v-vm87-f72c , EUVD-2018-0677

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.2%
EPSS 9.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • axis Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4-21

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3596

  • axis RHEL 5 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10
  • axis RHEL 6 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5
  • axis-manual RHEL 5 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10
  • axis-manual RHEL 6 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5
  • axis-javadoc RHEL 5 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10
  • axis-javadoc RHEL 6 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1193

  • axis SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 1.4-5.8.1
  • axis SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP4 +1 more 1.4-290.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1373-2SUSE-SU-2019:1382-1SUSE-SU-2019:1373-1

  • axis openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.4-lp150.9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1497-1

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-2014-3596 updated cvss 5.8

axis: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-5784 fix

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 jasperreports-server-pro Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 axis
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) axis 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10, axis-manual 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10, axis-javadoc 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) axis 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) axis 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5, axis-manual 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5, axis-javadoc 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) axis 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10, axis-manual 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10, axis-javadoc 1.2.1-2jpp.8.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) axis 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) axis 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5, axis-manual 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5, axis-javadoc 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) axis 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) axis 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5, axis-manual 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5, axis-javadoc 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) axis 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) axis 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5, axis-manual 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5, axis-javadoc 1.2.1-7.5.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1193
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1010

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Exploit prediction

9.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.axis:axis
<=1.4
 no fix listed
maven axis:axis
<=1.4
 no fix listed

Classification

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

References

Sources

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