Ldaptive X.509 Certificate DefaultHostnameVerifier CN certificate validation
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ldaptive (Directory Service Software) (affected version unknown). Affected is the function DefaultHostnameVerifier
of the component X.509 Certificate. The manipulation of the argument CN
as part of a Certificate leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
DefaultHostnameVerifier in Ldaptive (formerly vt-ldap) does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
The bug was discovered 09/10/2014. The weakness was shared 01/08/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at shibboleth.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-3607 since 05/14/2014. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1587.003.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1216 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The entries VDB-191816, VDB-207068 and VDB-246865 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploiting
Class: Certificate validationCWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Timeline
05/14/2014 🔍09/10/2014 🔍
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Advisory: 226Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-3607 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 01/09/2018 08:05Updated: 01/20/2023 12:10
Changes: 01/09/2018 08:05 (59), 12/20/2019 15:32 (1), 01/29/2021 10:08 (2), 01/20/2023 12:10 (2)
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