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CVE-2012-5824 (GCVE-0-2012-5824)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-04 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:21
VLAI
Summary
Trillian 5.1.0.19 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4831.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/51190 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56454 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2012-10-25 00:00
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