The default AFSecurityPolicy.validatesDomainName configuration for AFSSLPinningModeNone in the AFNetworking framework before 2.5.3, as used in the ownCloud iOS Library, disables verification of a server hostname against the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-4026 The default AFSecurityPolicy.validatesDomainName configuration for AFSSLPinningModeNone in the AFNetworking framework before 2.5.3, as used in the ownCloud iOS Library, disables verification of a server hostname against the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.823Z

Reserved: 2015-05-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-3996

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-10-27T16:59:00.100

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-3996

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