CVE - CVE-2010-3312

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-3312	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
Epiphany 2.28 and 2.29, when WebKit and LibSoup are used, unconditionally displays a closed-lock icon for any URL beginning with the https: substring, without any warning to the user, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary https web sites via a crafted X.509 server certificate.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20100917 CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/5 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/6 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/10 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/12 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100917 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/17/13 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100920 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/20/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20100921 Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/5 MISC:http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b26ca29d CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564690 CONFIRM:http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=154330 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600663 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2010:023 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html SUSE:SUSE-SR:2011:002 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html SECUNIA:43068 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0212 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Date Entry Created
20100913	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20100913)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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CVE-2010-3312