PT-2010-2900 · Libesmtp · Libesmtp

Kees Cook · Published 2010-03-31 · Updated 2010-05-22 · CVE-2010-1192

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libESMTP versions 1.0.4 and earlier

Description The issue arises from the improper handling of a '0' character in a domain name within the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

Recommendations For libESMTP versions 1.0.4 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1192

Affected Products

Libesmtp

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1192 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-1192 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1192 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1192 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/09/3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/03/6 · Note