Auth bypass in Apple Libsecurity
CVE-2010-1802
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.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.008 (52.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Libsecurity
- Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.6.4, 10.5.8
- Apple Mac_os_x_server — versions 10.6.4, 10.5.8
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)