Description
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.
References
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0351
- USN-1642-1 vendor-advisory
- lynx-ssl-spoofing(79930) vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2013:101 vendor-advisory
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf