CVE-2014-3607

vtldap/ldaptive: Hostname verification susceptible to MITM attack

Published Jan 8, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-1923 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc Improper Certificate Validation in vt-ldap
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:50 AM
Reserved
May 14, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 8, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:08 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Sep 19, 2014, 12:00 AM