CVE-2014-3577

Publication date 21 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Subodh Iyengar and Will Shackleton discovered the fix for CVE-2012-5783 was incomplete for Apache Commons HttpClient. An attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
commons-httpclient	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Fixed 3.1-10.2ubuntu0.15.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 3.1-10.2ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 3.1-10ubuntu0.1
httpcomponents-client	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.3.3-1ubuntu0.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
httpcomponents-client	Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1614064

CVE-2014-3577

From the Ubuntu Security Team

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