Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch Affecting axis package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.15% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-AXIS-18521286
  • published5 Aug 2026
  • disclosed19 Aug 2014

Introduced: 19 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-3596  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-297  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 axis.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream axis package and not the axis package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The getCN function in Apache Axis 1.4 and earlier does not properly verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a certificate with a subject that specifies a common name in a field that is not the CN field. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5784.

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