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medium5.8

CVE-2014-2735

WinSCP before 5.5.3, when FTP with TLS is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltN…

Impact

WinSCP before 5.5.3, when FTP with TLS is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
WinscpWinscp
through 5.5.2
Versions 5.5, 5.5.1

Weakness classification

References