mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.16 and other versions before 1.5.19, when OpenSSL is used, does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2009-10-23T19:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T06:38:30.251Z
Reserved: 2009-10-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-3766
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2009-10-23T19:30:00.233
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:08:08.793
Link: CVE-2009-3766
Redhat