medium5.8
CVE-2011-4318
Dovecot 2.0.x before 2.0.16, when ssl or starttls is enabled and hostname is used to define the proxy destination, does not verify that the server hostname mat…
Impact
Dovecot 2.0.x before 2.0.16, when ssl or starttls is enabled and hostname is used to define the proxy destination, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a valid certificate for a different hostname.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Dovecot | Dovecot | Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/5e9eaf63a6b1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0520.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46886
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52311
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2011-November/000200.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/7
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390887
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754980
- http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/5e9eaf63a6b1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0520.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46886
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52311
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2011-November/000200.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/18/7
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=390887
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754980