Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-11-04T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:21:26.758Z

Reserved: 2012-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-5821

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2012-11-04T22:55:04.827

Modified: 2024-02-09T03:18:43.307

Link: CVE-2012-5821

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5821 - Bugzilla