Apply patch for AXIS-2905, remove animal sniffer API check plugin from the pom.xml because patch requires JDK classes marked with 'Since 1.5' and internal the internal Apache build on Travis runs JDK 8
diff --git a/axis-rt-core/src/main/java/org/apache/axis/components/net/JSSESocketFactory.java b/axis-rt-core/src/main/java/org/apache/axis/components/net/JSSESocketFactory.java
index dd3f991..abffcdd 100644
--- a/axis-rt-core/src/main/java/org/apache/axis/components/net/JSSESocketFactory.java
+++ b/axis-rt-core/src/main/java/org/apache/axis/components/net/JSSESocketFactory.java
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.axis.components.net;
 
-import org.apache.axis.utils.Messages;
-import org.apache.axis.utils.XMLUtils;
-import org.apache.axis.utils.StringUtils;
-
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -28,7 +22,33 @@
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.Socket;
+import java.security.cert.Certificate;
+import java.security.cert.CertificateParsingException;
+import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import javax.naming.InvalidNameException;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+import javax.naming.directory.Attribute;
+import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;
+import javax.naming.ldap.LdapName;
+import javax.naming.ldap.Rdn;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSession;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
+
+import org.apache.axis.utils.Messages;
+import org.apache.axis.utils.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.axis.utils.XMLUtils;
 
 
 /**
@@ -41,6 +61,10 @@
  */
 public class JSSESocketFactory extends DefaultSocketFactory implements SecureSocketFactory {
 
+    // This is a a sorted list, if you insert new elements do it orderdered.
+    private final static String[] BAD_COUNTRY_2LDS =
+        {"ac", "co", "com", "ed", "edu", "go", "gouv", "gov", "info",
+            "lg", "ne", "net", "or", "org"};
     /** Field sslFactory           */
     protected SSLSocketFactory sslFactory = null;
 
@@ -187,6 +211,279 @@
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug(Messages.getMessage("createdSSL00"));
         }
+        verifyHostName(host, (SSLSocket) sslSocket);
         return sslSocket;
     }
+    /**
+     * Verifies that the given hostname in certicifate is the hostname we are trying to connect to.
+     * This resolves CVE-2012-5784 and CVE-2014-3596
+     * @param host
+     * @param ssl
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    
+	private static void verifyHostName(String host, SSLSocket ssl)
+			throws IOException {
+		if (host == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("host to verify was null");
+		}
+
+		SSLSession session = ssl.getSession();
+		if (session == null) {
+            // In our experience this only happens under IBM 1.4.x when
+            // spurious (unrelated) certificates show up in the server's chain.
+            // Hopefully this will unearth the real problem:
+			InputStream in = ssl.getInputStream();
+			in.available();
+            /*
+                 If you're looking at the 2 lines of code above because you're
+                 running into a problem, you probably have two options:
+
+                    #1.  Clean up the certificate chain that your server
+                         is presenting (e.g. edit "/etc/apache2/server.crt" or
+                         wherever it is your server's certificate chain is
+                         defined).
+
+                                             OR
+
+                    #2.   Upgrade to an IBM 1.5.x or greater JVM, or switch to a
+                          non-IBM JVM.
+              */
+
+            // If ssl.getInputStream().available() didn't cause an exception,
+            // maybe at least now the session is available?
+			session = ssl.getSession();
+			if (session == null) {
+                // If it's still null, probably a startHandshake() will
+                // unearth the real problem.
+				ssl.startHandshake();
+
+                // Okay, if we still haven't managed to cause an exception,
+                // might as well go for the NPE.  Or maybe we're okay now?
+				session = ssl.getSession();
+			}
+		}
+
+		Certificate[] certs = session.getPeerCertificates();
+		verifyHostName(host.trim().toLowerCase(Locale.US),  (X509Certificate) certs[0]);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Extract the names from the certificate and tests host matches one of them
+	 * @param host
+	 * @param cert
+	 * @throws SSLException
+	 */
+
+	private static void verifyHostName(final String host, X509Certificate cert)
+			throws SSLException {
+        // I'm okay with being case-insensitive when comparing the host we used
+        // to establish the socket to the hostname in the certificate.
+        // Don't trim the CN, though.
+        
+		String[] cns = getCNs(cert);
+		String[] subjectAlts = getDNSSubjectAlts(cert);
+		verifyHostName(host, cns, subjectAlts);
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Extract all alternative names from a certificate.
+	 * @param cert
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private static String[] getDNSSubjectAlts(X509Certificate cert) {
+		LinkedList subjectAltList = new LinkedList();
+		Collection c = null;
+		try {
+			c = cert.getSubjectAlternativeNames();
+		} catch (CertificateParsingException cpe) {
+			// Should probably log.debug() this?
+			cpe.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		if (c != null) {
+			Iterator it = c.iterator();
+			while (it.hasNext()) {
+				List list = (List) it.next();
+				int type = ((Integer) list.get(0)).intValue();
+				// If type is 2, then we've got a dNSName
+				if (type == 2) {
+					String s = (String) list.get(1);
+					subjectAltList.add(s);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (!subjectAltList.isEmpty()) {
+			String[] subjectAlts = new String[subjectAltList.size()];
+			subjectAltList.toArray(subjectAlts);
+			return subjectAlts;
+		} else {
+			return new String[0];
+		}
+	        
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Verifies
+	 * @param host
+	 * @param cn
+	 * @param subjectAlts
+	 * @throws SSLException
+	 */
+
+	private static void verifyHostName(final String host, String[] cns, String[] subjectAlts)throws SSLException{
+		StringBuffer cnTested = new StringBuffer();
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < subjectAlts.length; i++){
+			String name = subjectAlts[i];
+			if (name != null) {
+				name = name.toLowerCase(Locale.US);
+				if (verifyHostName(host, name)){
+					return;
+				}
+				cnTested.append("/").append(name);
+			}				
+		}
+        for (int i = 0; i < cns.length; i++) {
+            String cn = cns[i];
+            if (cn != null) {
+                cn = cn.toLowerCase(Locale.US);
+                if (verifyHostName(host, cn)) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                cnTested.append("/").append(cn);
+            }
+        }
+		throw new SSLException("hostname in certificate didn't match: <"
+					+ host + "> != <" + cnTested + ">");
+	}		
+	
+	private static boolean verifyHostName(final String host, final String cn){
+		if (doWildCard(cn) && !isIPAddress(host)) {
+			return matchesWildCard(cn, host);
+		} 
+		return host.equalsIgnoreCase(cn);
+	}
+    private static boolean doWildCard(String cn) {
+		// Contains a wildcard
+		// wildcard in the first block
+    	// not an ipaddress (ip addres must explicitily be equal)
+    	// not using 2nd level common tld : ex: not for *.co.uk
+    	String parts[] = cn.split("\\.");
+    	return parts.length >= 3 &&
+    			parts[0].endsWith("*") &&
+    			acceptableCountryWildcard(cn) &&
+    			!isIPAddress(cn);
+    }
+
+	private static final Pattern IPV4_PATTERN =
+			Pattern.compile("^(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|[0-1]?\\d?\\d)(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|[0-1]?\\d?\\d)){3}$");
+
+	private static final Pattern IPV6_STD_PATTERN = 
+			Pattern.compile("^(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}$");
+
+	private static final Pattern IPV6_HEX_COMPRESSED_PATTERN = 
+			Pattern.compile("^((?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})*)?)::((?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})*)?)$");
+
+
+	private static boolean isIPAddress(final String hostname) {
+		return hostname != null
+				&& (
+						IPV4_PATTERN.matcher(hostname).matches()
+						|| IPV6_STD_PATTERN.matcher(hostname).matches() 
+						|| IPV6_HEX_COMPRESSED_PATTERN.matcher(hostname).matches()
+		);
+
+	}
+
+	private static boolean acceptableCountryWildcard(final String cn) {
+		// The CN better have at least two dots if it wants wildcard action,
+		// but can't be [*.co.uk] or [*.co.jp] or [*.org.uk], etc...
+		// The [*.co.uk] problem is an interesting one. Should we just
+		// hope that CA's would never foolishly allow such a
+		// certificate to happen?
+    	
+		String[] parts = cn.split("\\.");
+		// Only checks for 3 levels, with country code of 2 letters.
+		if (parts.length > 3 || parts[parts.length - 1].length() != 2) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		String countryCode = parts[parts.length - 2];
+		return Arrays.binarySearch(BAD_COUNTRY_2LDS, countryCode) < 0;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean matchesWildCard(final String cn,
+			final String hostName) {
+		String parts[] = cn.split("\\.");
+		boolean match = false;
+		String firstpart = parts[0];
+		if (firstpart.length() > 1) {
+			// server∗
+			// e.g. server
+			String prefix =  firstpart.substring(0, firstpart.length() - 1);
+			// skipwildcard part from cn
+			String suffix = cn.substring(firstpart.length()); 
+			// skip wildcard part from host
+			String hostSuffix = hostName.substring(prefix.length());			
+			match = hostName.startsWith(prefix) && hostSuffix.endsWith(suffix);
+		} else {
+			match = hostName.endsWith(cn.substring(1));
+		}
+		if (match) {
+			// I f we ’ r e i n s t r i c t mode ,
+			// [ ∗.foo.com] is not allowed to match [a.b.foo.com]
+			match = countDots(hostName) == countDots(cn);
+		}
+		return match;
+	}
+
+	private static int countDots(final String data) {
+		int dots = 0;
+		for (int i = 0; i < data.length(); i++) {
+			if (data.charAt(i) == '.') {
+				dots += 1;
+			}
+		}
+		return dots;
+	}
+
+
+	private static String[] getCNs(X509Certificate cert) {
+          // Note:  toString() seems to do a better job than getName()
+          //
+          // For example, getName() gives me this:
+          // 1.2.840.113549.1.9.1=#16166a756c6975736461766965734063756362632e636f6d
+          //
+          // whereas toString() gives me this:
+          // EMAILADDRESS=juliusdavies@cucbc.com        
+		String subjectPrincipal = cert.getSubjectX500Principal().toString();
+		
+		return getCNs(subjectPrincipal);
+
+	}
+	private static String[] getCNs(String subjectPrincipal) {
+        if (subjectPrincipal == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        final List cns = new ArrayList();
+        try {
+            final LdapName subjectDN = new LdapName(subjectPrincipal);
+            final List rdns = subjectDN.getRdns();
+            for (int i = rdns.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                final Rdn rds = (Rdn) rdns.get(i);
+                final Attributes attributes = rds.toAttributes();
+                final Attribute cn = attributes.get("cn");
+                if (cn != null) {
+                    try {
+                        final Object value = cn.get();
+                        if (value != null) {
+                            cns.add(value.toString());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (NamingException ignore) {}
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (InvalidNameException ignore) { }
+        return cns.isEmpty() ? null : (String[]) cns.toArray(new String[ cns.size() ]);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 65724fd..08849eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -373,28 +373,6 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <!-- Note: 1.9 contains a call to a Java 7 specific method (java.nio.CharBuffer.subSequence(II)Ljava/nio/CharBuffer;)
-                           that is triggered when an undefined reference is found. This breaks error reporting on Java 5/6. -->
-                <version>1.8</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <signature>
-                                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
-                                <artifactId>${signatureArtifactId}</artifactId>
-                                <version>${signatureVersion}</version>
-                            </signature>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
                 <!-- This serves two purposes:
                       (1) we want to generate source JARs for all builds, not just release builds;
                       (2) we need (some of) the source JARs to generate the Javadoc in the apidocs module. -->