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CVE-2010-0744

Improper Authentication

Published: Apr 20, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
5.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0744
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

aMSN (aka Alvaros Messenger) 0.98.3 and earlier, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subjects Common Name (CN) field or a Subject Alternative Name field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an MSN server via an arbitrary certificate.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro*0.98.3 (including)
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro0.83 (including)0.83 (including)
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro0.90 (including)0.90 (including)
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro0.91 (including)0.91 (including)
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro0.92 (including)0.92 (including)
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro0.93 (including)0.93 (including)
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro0.94 (including)0.94 (including)
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro0.95 (including)0.95 (including)
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro0.96 (including)0.96 (including)
Alvaros_messengerAlvaro0.97 (including)0.97 (including)
AmsnUbuntudapper*
AmsnUbuntuhardy*
AmsnUbuntuintrepid*
AmsnUbuntujaunty*
AmsnUbuntukarmic*
AmsnUbuntulucid*
AmsnUbuntumaverick*
AmsnUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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