Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch in Not Yet Commons SSL
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 14, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 27, 2023
Package
Affected versions
< 0.3.15
Patched versions
0.3.15
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Oct 25, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 14, 2022
Reviewed
Jul 7, 2022
Last updated
Jan 27, 2023
Certificates.java in Not Yet Commons SSL before 0.3.15 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.
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