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CVE-2011-1429
Mutt does not verify that the smtps server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows…
Medium5.8EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Mutt does not verify that the smtps server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL SMTP server via an arbitrary certificate, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3766.
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)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (2 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- RHSA-2011:0959 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 44937 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 8143 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- mutt-smtptls-weak-security(66015) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20110308 Mutt: failure to check server certificate in SMTP TLS connection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-7751 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-7739 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-7756 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 46803 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .