CVE-2014-2900

N/A Unknown

Published: April 22, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

wolfSSL CyaSSL before 2.9.4 does not properly validate X.509 certificates with unknown critical extensions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via crafted X.509 certificate.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/126

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/130

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/57743

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66780

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Blog/Entries/2014/4/11_wolfSSL_Security_Advisory__April_9%2C_2014.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Docs-cyassl-changelog.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-53

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/126