Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch
CVE-2022-48308
Summary
It was discovered that the sls-logging was not verifying hostnames in TLS certificates due to a misuse of the javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory API. A malicious attacker in a privileged network position could abuse this to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. A successful man-in-the-middle attack would allow them to intercept, read, or modify network communications to and from the affected service.
- LOW
- NETWORK
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- UNCHANGED
- REQUIRED
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- HIGH
- NONE
CWE-297 - Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch
The software communicates with a host that provides a certificate, but the software does not properly ensure that the certificate is actually associated with that host.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published