Unscored CVE-2009-3766 EUVD-2009-3738GHSA-92jw-w2rc-xwxg

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 N…

Published Oct 23, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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.

References

[oss-security] 20091026 Re: More CVE-2009-2408 like issues mailing-list
http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3087
[oss-security] 20090903 More CVE-2009-2408 like issues mailing-list