Vulnerability CVE-2017-1000209


Published: 2017-11-16   Modified: 2017-11-17

Description:
The Java WebSocket client nv-websocket-client 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/TLS servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Type:

CWE-295

(Certificate Issues)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Nv-websocket-client project -> Nv-websocket-client 

 References:
https://github.com/TakahikoKawasaki/nv-websocket-client/pull/107

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