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CVE-2010-0744 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/20/2010

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/?view=log&pathrev=11991 Vendor Advisory
http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/proxy.tcl?r1=11886&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 Vendor 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/soap.tcl?r1=11891&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=572818
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041046.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041079.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2009/Jun/239
http://www.opensource-archive.org/showthread.php?p=183821
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/10/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/01/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35507
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1109

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-0744
NVD Published Date:
04/20/2010
NVD Last Modified:
05/14/2010