CVE-2014-0363

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-295

Description

The ServerTrustManager component in the Ignite Realtime Smack XMPP API before 4.0.0-rc1 does not verify basicConstraints and nameConstraints in X.509 certificate chains from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate chain.

Affected products

igniterealtime Smack: before 4.0.0 — fixed in 4.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: igniterealtime Smack 4.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2014/04/17/asmack-400-rc1-has-been-released
http://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/SMACK-410
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59290
http://secunia.com/advisories/59291
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/489228
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67119
http://community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2014/04/17/asmack-400-rc1-has-been-released
http://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/SMACK-410
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59290
http://secunia.com/advisories/59291

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