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CVE-2010-0744
aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) 0.98.3 and earlier, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the…
Medium5.8EPSS 1.3%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) 0.98.3 and earlier, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field or a Subject Alternative Name field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an MSN server via an arbitrary certificate.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- FEDORA-2010-7373 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/?view=log&pathrev=11991 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100310 CVE Request -- aMSN -- improper SSL certificate validation (MITM) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 39796 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/sip.tcl?r1=11953&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/proxy.tcl?r1=11886&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35507 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=572818 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100401 Re: CVE Request -- aMSN -- improper SSL certificate validation (MITM) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20090626 aMSN SSL Certificate Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.opensource-archive.org/showthread.php?p=183821 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/soap.tcl?r1=11891&r2=11991&pathrev=11991 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35621 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-7378 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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