Improper Certificate Validation in Openfire - CVE-2014-3451

 

Improper Certificate Validation in Openfire - CVE-2014-3451

Published: October 12, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21737
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3451
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Ignite Realtime
Affected software:
Openfire

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists within the OpenFire XMPP Server component due to the application accepts self-signed certificates. A remote attacker can perform spoofing attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-3451

Install updates from vendor's website.

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