USN-2315-1

Ben Reser discovered that serf did not correctly handle SSL certificates with NUL bytes in the CommonName or SubjectAltNames fields. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / serf

Package

Name: serf
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/serf@1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0-2ubuntu1

1.3.3-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libserf-1-1",
            "binary_version": "1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-3504",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2315-1.json"