FKIE_CVE-2010-3901

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-10-14 05:58 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:23
Severity
Summary
OpenConnect before 2.25 does not properly validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary AnyConnect SSL VPN servers via a crafted server certificate that (1) does not correspond to the server hostname or (2) is presented in circumstances involving a missing --cafile configuration option.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.infradead.org/openconnect.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/01/1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/02/7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.infradead.org/openconnect.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/01/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/02/7
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
infradead openconnect *
infradead openconnect 1.00
infradead openconnect 1.10
infradead openconnect 1.20
infradead openconnect 1.30
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