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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EUVD-2009-3738 | 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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T06:38:30.251Z
Reserved: 2009-10-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-3766

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2009-10-23T19:30:00.233
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2009-3766


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