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CVE-2010-1155

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2010-04-19	irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2010-1155 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2010-1155
Phase	Assigned(20100329)

Description

Irssi before 0.8.15, 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 IRC servers via an arbitrary certificate.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20100411 CVE request: irssi 0.8.15
MLIST	[oss-security] 20100412 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15
MLIST	[oss-security] 20100413 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15
MLIST	[oss-security] 20100413 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15
CONFIRM	http://github.com/ensc/irssi-proxy/commit/85bbc05b21678e80423815d2ef1dfe26208491ab
CONFIRM	http://irssi.org/news
CONFIRM	http://irssi.org/news/ChangeLog
FEDORA	FEDORA-2010-6629
SLACKWARE	SSA:2010-116-01
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2010:011
UBUNTU	USN-929-1
SECUNIA	39365
SECUNIA	39620
SECUNIA	39797
VUPEN	ADV-2010-0856
VUPEN	ADV-2010-0987
VUPEN	ADV-2010-1110
VUPEN	ADV-2010-1107
XF	irssi-hostname-mitm(57790)