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CVE-2009-3766

Published: Oct 23, 2009 | Modified: Nov 07, 2019
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3766
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/310.html

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 subjects 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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mutt Mutt 1.5.16 (including) 1.5.19 (excluding)
Mutt Ubuntu dapper *
Mutt Ubuntu devel *
Mutt Ubuntu hardy *
Mutt Ubuntu intrepid *
Mutt Ubuntu jaunty *
Mutt Ubuntu karmic *
Mutt Ubuntu lucid *

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