CVE - CVE-2007-6592

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-6592	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Apple Safari 2, when a user accepts an SSL server certificate on the basis of the CN domain name in the DN field, regards the certificate as also accepted for all domain names in subjectAltName:dNSName fields, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid certificate for a spoofed web site.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20071118 Certificate spoofing issue with Mozilla, Konqueror, Safari 2 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483929/100/100/threaded BUGTRAQ:20071118 Re: Certificate spoofing issue with Mozilla, Konqueror, Safari 2 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483937/100/100/threaded MISC:http://nils.toedtmann.net/pub/subjectAltName.txt SREASON:3498 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3498
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20071228	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20071228)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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