CVE-2010-1802 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

libsecurity in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.4 does not properly perform comparisons to domain-name strings in X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a certificate associated with a similar domain name, as demonstrated by use of a www.example.con certificate to spoof www.example.com.

Published: 2010-08-25

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:apple:libsecurity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.4:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-1822	libsecurity in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.4 does not properly perform comparisons to domain-name strings in X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a certificate associated with a similar domain name, as demonstrated by use of a www.example.con certificate to spoof www.example.com.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00119.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024359
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Libsecurity Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2010-08-25T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:39:46.515Z

Reserved: 2010-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-1802

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-08-25T20:00:16.797

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-1802

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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