SCA: security update for edu.internet2.middleware:shibboleth-identityprovider, edu.vt.middleware:vt-ldap (GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408755

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- DefaultHostnameVerifier in Ldaptive (formerly vt-ldap) does not properly verify that the server hostname
matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-
in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate. (CVE-2014-3607)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-273v-g3x4-r3rc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408755

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3607

cwe: CWE-295