CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-1802

6.4 MEDIUM Published 2010-08-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-08-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-287

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.

Affected configurations

• apple libsecurity • apple mac os x 10.5.8 • apple mac os x 10.6.4 • apple mac os x server 10.5.8 • apple mac os x server 10.6.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References