CVE-2017-1000209

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-1000209

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-11-17T02:29:01

Last Modified Date
2017-12-05T14:34:36

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-295	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nv-websocket-client_project:nv-websocket-client::::::::	1	OR		2.2

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.9

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.2

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/TakahikoKawasaki/nv-websocket-client/pull/107	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000209
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000209

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:09:54				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:12:16	2017-11-17T02:29Z	2017-11-17T02:29:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 23:12:16		2017-12-05T14:34:36	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 23:12:16		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated