# CVE-2014-3528: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Attackers can steal cached credentials by crafting authentication realms due to weak MD5 hashing, affecting Subversion users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Aug 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3528, GHSA-vxf6-xw9g-6cfc, MGASA-2014-0338, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3528

## What is CVE-2014-3528?

CVE-2014-3528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Xcode, published on 19 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Apache Subversion 1.0.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.17 and 1.8.x before 1.8.10 uses an MD5 hash of the URL and authentication realm to store cached credentials, which makes it easier for remote servers to obtain the credentials via a crafted authentication realm.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3528?

It affects 9 products.


Products: Apache Subversion, Apple Xcode, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-3528?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-3528 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3528 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Xcode

- [CVE-2017-9800](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9800/): A maliciously constructed svn+ssh:// URL would cause Subversion clients before 1.8.19, 1.9.x before 1.9.7, and 1.10.0.x through 1.10.0-alpha (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2013-4246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4246/): Denial of service in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-5259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5259/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2024-45720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45720/): Apache Subversion: Command line argument injection on Windows platforms (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2015-0202](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0202/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-3528 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-3528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Xcode, published on 19 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3528 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apple Xcode. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3528/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3528/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3528
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3528
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3528

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3528/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.