CVE-2010-0744

Description

aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) 0.98.3 and earlier, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field or a Subject Alternative Name field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an MSN server via an arbitrary certificate.

Category

5.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.39%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041046.html vendor advisory
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/?view=log&pathrev=11991 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/10/4 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/39796 third party advisory
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/sip.tcl?r1=11953&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 vendor advisory
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/proxy.tcl?r1=11886&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35507 vdb entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=572818
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/01/4 mailing list
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2009/Jun/239 mailing list
http://www.opensource-archive.org/showthread.php?p=183821
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/soap.tcl?r1=11891&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35621 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1109 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041079.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0744?
CVE-2010-0744 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0744?
To fix CVE-2010-0744, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0744 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-0744 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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