cve-2016-9952
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-03-12 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:19
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The verify_certificate function in lib/vtls/schannel.c in libcurl 7.30.0 through 7.51.0, when built for Windows CE using the schannel TLS backend, makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks via a crafted wildcard SAN in a server certificate, as demonstrated by "*.com."
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-9952.patchVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221B.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
n/an/a
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