CVE-2002-1407 (GCVE-0-2002-1407)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:26
VLAI
Summary
TinySSL 1.02 and earlier does not verify the Basic Constraints for an intermediate CA-signed certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof the certificates of trusted sites via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5410 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2002-08-10 00:00
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