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CVE-2010-4237 (GCVE-0-2010-4237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-29 17:07 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:34
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Summary
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Other
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
mercurial mercurial Affected: 1.6.4
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Date Public
2010-09-29 00:00
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