{"id":"USN-2315-1","summary":"serf vulnerability","details":"Ben Reser discovered that serf did not correctly handle SSL certificates\nwith NUL bytes in the CommonName or SubjectAltNames fields. A remote\nattacker could exploit this to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack to view\nsensitive information or alter encrypted communications.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T08:58:28.683912Z","published":"2014-08-14T17:33:17Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3504"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-3504","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3504"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2315-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3504"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"serf","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/serf@1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.1.0-2ubuntu1","1.3.3-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libserf-1-1","binary_version":"1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-3504","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2315-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}