CVE-2011-1429
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-03-16 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 22:28
Severity ?
Summary
Mutt does not verify that the smtps server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL SMTP server via an arbitrary certificate, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3766.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061353.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061356.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061461.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/87Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/44937
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/8143
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0959.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46803
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66015
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