# CVE-2014-0350: The Poco::Net::X509Certificate::verify method in the NetSSL library in POCO C++ Libraries before 1.4.6p4 allows man-in-the-middle attackers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-04-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Poco::Net::X509Certificate::verify method in the NetSSL library in POCO C++ Libraries before 1.4.6p4 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via crafted DNS PTR records that are requested during comparison of a server name to a wildcard domain name in an X.509 certificate.

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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177573.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/118748
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pocoproject/poco/poco-1.4.6p4-release/CHANGELOG
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177471.html

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