MGASA-2014-0549

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    MGASA-2014-0549

    Published: 26 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3596

    Summary: Updated axis packages fix CVE-2014-3596

    Details: Updated axis packages fixes security vulnerability: It was discovered that Axis incorrectly extracted the host name from an X.509 certificate subject's Common Name (CN) field. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof an SSL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate (CVE-2014-3596).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0549.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14103, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1193.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: axis

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/axis?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4-24.1.mga4

    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