Security bypass vulnerability in libsecurity in Apple Mac OS X via a certificate associated with a similar domain name| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:3742 | Date: (C)2012-01-14 (M)2023-11-09 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: macos |
The host is installed with Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 or 10.6.4 and is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly perform comparisons to domain-name strings in X.509 certificates. Successful exploitation could allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers.
| Platform: |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.6 |
| Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.5 |
| Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5 |
