CVE-2012-5821
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 11.10 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| lynx | lynx | - | |
References
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:101
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1642-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79930
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0351
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:101
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1642-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79930
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0351
CWEs
CWE-295
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.