CVE-2014-3596
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…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 9.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.2% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenaxis:axisGHSA-r53v-vm87-f72c (opens in a new tab)
- Mavenorg.apache.axis:axisGHSA-r53v-vm87-f72c (opens in a new tab)
References
16
- [oss-security] 20140820 CVE-2014-3596 - Apache Axis 1 vulnerable to MITM attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS-2905 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- apache-axis-cve20143596-spoofing(95377) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1030745 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 61222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 69295 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1193.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [axis-java-dev] 20190503 [jira] [Commented] (AXIS-2905) Insecure certificate validation CVE-2014-3596 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [axis-java-dev] 20190503 [jira] [Comment Edited] (AXIS-2905) Insecure certificate validation CVE-2014-3596 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1497 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1526 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [axis-java-dev] 20190907 [jira] [Commented] (AXIS-2905) Insecure certificate validation CVE-2014-3596 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [axis-java-dev] 20190909 [jira] [Resolved] (AXIS-2905) Insecure certificate validation CVE-2014-3596 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [axis-java-dev] 20190909 [jira] [Commented] (AXIS-2905) Insecure certificate validation CVE-2014-3596 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0677 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-r53v-vm87-f72c (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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