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CVE-2011-4968 (GCVE-0-2011-4968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-19 15:18 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:23
VLAI
Summary
nginx http proxy module does not verify peer identity of https origin server which could facilitate man-in-the-middle attack (MITM)
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • http proxy module does not verify peer identity of https origin server
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
nginx nginx Affected: through 1.6.2
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