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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

Published Aug 25, 2010

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (3)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner apple
Published Aug 25, 2010
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved May 6, 2010
Link CVE-2010-1802
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2010-1802
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2010-1802