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USN-2315-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3504)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2014-08-14 17:33 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website

Summary

serf vulnerability

Details

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 machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2315-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3504	REPORT

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  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:31Z",
  "published": "2014-08-14T17:33:17Z",
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UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3504 (CVE-2014-3504)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2014-08-12 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:37 – Source website

Details

The (1) serf_ssl_cert_issuer, (2) serf_ssl_cert_subject, and (3) serf_ssl_cert_certificate functions in Serf 0.2.0 through 1.3.x before 1.3.7 does not properly handle a NUL byte in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3504	REPORT
	https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/serf-dev/…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2315-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3504	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libserf-1-1",
            "binary_version": "1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "serf",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/serf@1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3504",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:42Z",
  "published": "2014-08-12T00:00:00Z",
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
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    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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