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Unscored USN-2315-1 1 CVE

serf vulnerability

Published Aug 14, 2014 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS serf 1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —

    The (1) serf_ssl_cert_issuer, (2) serf_ssl_cert_subject, and (3) serf_ssl_cert_certificate functions in Serf 0.2.0 thro…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3504