Vulnerability Name:

CCN-94501

Published:2014-05-20
Updated:2014-05-20
Summary:ELinks could allow a remote attacker to bypass restrictions, caused by the failure to warn the user if the hostname of a SSL certificate matches the hostname of the website. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site containing a malicious certificate, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: CCN
Type: ELinks Web Site
ELinks

Source: CCN
Type: BID-65092
ELinks SSL Certificate Host Name Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 881411
elinks/links: does not properly verify SSL certificates

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
elinks-ssl-security-bypass(94501)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:elinks:elinks:0.12:pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    elinks elinks 0.12 pre5