CVE-2014-3577 – CXF: SSL hostname verification bypass, incomplete CVE-2012-6153 fix

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2014-3577

18 Aug 2014 — org.apache.http.conn.ssl.AbstractVerifier in Apache HttpComponents HttpClient before 4.3.5 and HttpAsyncClient before 4.0.2 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 "CN=" string in a field in the distinguished name (DN) of a certificate, as demonstrated by the "foo,CN=www.apache.org" string in the O field. org.apache.http.conn.... • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00032.html • CWE-297: Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch •