CVE-2012-5821

MEDIUM5.9

Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function

Published Nov 4, 2012

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function.

References

WEB

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf

ADVISORY

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:101

ADVISORY

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1642-1

WEB

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79930

WEB

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0351

ADVISORY