Bug 688756 - CVE-2011-1429 mutt: improper verification of X.509 certificates can lead to MITM attacks on SMTP SSL connections [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2011-1429 mutt: improper verification of X.509 certificates can lead to M...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mutt
Version: 14
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Honza Horak
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: CVE-2011-1429
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-03-17 22:14 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2011-06-27 11:27 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-06-27 11:27:51 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
proposed patch - always check peer cert (1.05 KB, patch)
2011-03-23 14:10 UTC, Honza Horak
no flags Details | Diff

Description Vincent Danen 2011-03-17 22:14:28 UTC
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Comment 1 Honza Horak 2011-03-23 14:10:32 UTC
Created attachment 487048 [details]
proposed patch - always check peer cert

The proposed patch is being consulted with upstream; joining the discussion available here: http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3506

Comment 2 Honza Horak 2011-05-26 13:58:37 UTC
Comment on attachment 487048 [details]
proposed patch - always check peer cert

patch proposed in the parent bug

Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2011-06-27 11:27:51 UTC
F14 (FEDORA-2011-7751) and F15 (FEDORA-2011-7739) updates are stable, F13 is EOL, closing.


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