CVE-2007-6592 (GCVE-0-2007-6592)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-12-28 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:11
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Summary
Apple Safari 2, when a user accepts an SSL server certificate on the basis of the CN domain name in the DN field, regards the certificate as also accepted for all domain names in subjectAltName:dNSName fields, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid certificate for a spoofed web site.
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