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CVE-2010-0744

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
AlvaroAlvaros Messenger
through 0.98.3
Versions 0.83, 0.90, 0.91, 0.92, 0.93

Weakness classification

CWE-287

References