CVE-2011-1429

mutt - Certificate Hostname Validation Bypass via SMTP over SSL

Title source: llm

Description

Mutt does not verify that the smtps server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL SMTP server via an arbitrary certificate, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3766.

References (9)

Core 9

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0959.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/44937

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8143

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66015

Patch mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/87

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061356.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061353.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061461.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46803

Scores

EPSS 0.0147

EPSS Percentile 70.8%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (1)

mutt/mutt

Published Mar 16, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026