Vulnerability CVE-2010-1802

Vulnerability CVE-2010-1802

Published: 2010-08-25 Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:

libsecurity in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.4 does not properly perform comparisons to domain-name strings in X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a certificate associated with a similar domain name, as demonstrated by use of a www.example.con certificate to spoof www.example.com.

Type:

CWE-287

(Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10	4.9/10	10/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Partial	Partial	None

Affected software
Apple -> Libsecurity
Apple -> Mac os x
Apple -> Mac os x server

References:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312

http://securitytracker.com/id?1024359

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html

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