CVE-2009-3766
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-10-23 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:38
Severity ?
Summary
mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.16 and other versions before 1.5.19, when OpenSSL is used, does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3087Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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