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CVE-2014-3596 Apache Axis

Affected softwareApache Axis
Severity5.8 Medium CVSS 2.0
WeaknessCWE-297
Published27 Aug 2014
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 12 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 9.2% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2017 ↗ CPU 2017-Q2 Oracle PeopleSoft Products / Portal (8.54, 8.55)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle PeopleSoft Products Portal 8.54, 8.55 8.54 · 8.55

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.axis:axis 0 none 1.4
axis:axis 0 none 1.4

Products and versions

3 products, 21 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache axis generic 1.0 · 1.0:beta · 1.0:rc1 · 1.0:rc2 · 1.1 · 1.1:beta · 1.1:rc1 · 1.1:rc2 · 1.2 · 1.2:alpha · 1.2:beta1 · 1.2:beta2 · 1.2:beta3 · 1.2:rc1 · 1.2:rc2 · 1.2:rc3 · 1.2.1 · 1.3 · ≤ 1.4
osv axis axis generic ≤ 1.4
osv org.apache.axis axis generic ≤ 1.4

References

URLTags
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20200227173427/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69295 WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20160815194947/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030745 WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/de2af12dcaba653d02b03235327ca4aa930401813a3cced8e151d29c@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/de2af12dcaba653d02b03235327ca4aa930401813a3cced8e151d29c%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a308887782e05da7cf692e4851ae2bd429a038570cbf594e6631cc8d@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a308887782e05da7cf692e4851ae2bd429a038570cbf594e6631cc8d%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8aa25c99eeb0693fc229ec87d1423b5ed5d58558618706d8aba1d832@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8aa25c99eeb0693fc229ec87d1423b5ed5d58558618706d8aba1d832%40%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5e6c92145deddcecf70c3604041dcbd615efa2d37632fc2b9c367780@%3Cjava-dev.axis.apache.org%3E WEB

Timeline

Published2014-08-27By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.