CVE-2010-1155

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-1155
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-04-16 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionIrssi before 0.8.15, 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 IRC servers via an arbitrary certificate.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.0 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.1 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.10 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.10 rc5 All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.10 rc6 All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.10 rc7 All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.10 rc8 All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.11 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.11 rc1 All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.11 rc2 All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.12 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.12 rc1 All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.13 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.13 rc1 All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.14 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.2 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.3 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.4 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.5 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.6 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.7 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.8 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi 0.8.9 All All All
Application Irssi Irssi All rc1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Irssi - The client of the future af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 irssi.org
irssi Denial of Service and SSL Hostname Verification Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Check if an SSL certificate matches the hostname of the server we are… · ensc/irssi-proxy@85bbc05 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Irssi - The client of the future af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 irssi.org
Fedora update for irssi - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA39620 - Slackware update for irssi - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'Re: [oss-security] CVE request: irssi 0.8.15' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
'Re: [oss-security] CVE request: irssi 0.8.15' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[oss-security] CVE request: irssi 0.8.15' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[oss-security] Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: irssi-0.8.15-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-929-1: irssi vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
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