CVE-2014-3522

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-297

Description

The Serf RA layer in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.18 and 1.8.x before 1.8.10 does not properly handle wildcards in the Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 (+61)
Apple Xcode: 6.1.1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04
Opensuse: 12.3, 13.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00038.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59432
http://secunia.com/advisories/59584
http://secunia.com/advisories/60100
http://secunia.com/advisories/60722
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.osvdb.org/109996
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69237
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2316-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95090
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95311

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