CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-1429

5.8 MEDIUM Published 2011-03-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2011-03-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Mutt does not verify that the smtps server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL SMTP server via an arbitrary certificate, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3766.

Affected configurations

• mutt mutt

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References