CVE-2014-5075: igniterealtime smack_api Cryptographic Issues

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-5075 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in igniterealtime smack_api. EPSS estimates a 0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 25-10-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Ignite Realtime Smack XMPP API 4.x before 4.0.2, and 3.x and 2.x when a custom SSLContext is used, does not 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 an arbitrary valid certificate.

• CWE-310Cryptographic IssuesWeaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.