CVE-2009-3766

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-08-10
CWE:
CWE-297
Bugzilla:
531011: CVE-2009-3766 mutt: missing host name vs. SSL certificate name checks

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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 subject's 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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-3766 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mutt Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 mutt Will not fix

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