MGASA-2014-0353

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    MGASA-2014-0353

    Published: 26 Aug 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3504

    Summary: Updated serf packages fix CVE-2014-3504

    Details: Updated serf packages fix security vulnerability: Ben Reser discovered that serf did not correctly handle SSL certificates with NUL bytes in the CommonName or SubjectAltNames fields. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications (CVE-2014-3504).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0353.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13914, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2315-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: serf

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/serf?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.1-2.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High