CVE-2011-1429 (GCVE-0-2011-1429)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-03-16 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:28
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2310 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/44937 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8143 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46803 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2011-03-08 00:00
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      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:58:40+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2011-1429",
      "id": "CVE-2011-1429",
      "initial_release_date": "2011-03-08T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "9",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "2",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "mutt: SSL host name check may be skipped when verifying certificate chain",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2011/cve-2011-1429.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:53:46Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2011-1429",
      "id": "CVE-2011-1429",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:53:46Z",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2011-1429",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2011-1429.json",
      "version": "2"
    }
  }
}



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