CVE-2010-4237

Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.

CVSS v3 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2407	Vendor Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mercurial:mercurial:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-10-29 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2010-4237

Mitre link : CVE-2010-4237

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-4237

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mercurial

mercurial

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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