The Keychain implementation in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.8 and earlier does not properly handle an untrusted attribute of a Certification Authority certificate, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via an Extended Validation certificate, as demonstrated by https access with Safari.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3385 The Keychain implementation in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.8 and earlier does not properly handle an untrusted attribute of a Certification Authority certificate, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via an Extended Validation certificate, as demonstrated by https access with Safari.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:37:47.513Z

Reserved: 2011-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3422

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-09-12T12:40:44.940

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-3422

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