CVE-2010-4211

Summary

CVECVE-2010-4211
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-11-09 01:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:33:00 UTC
DescriptionThe PayPal app before 3.0.1 for iOS does not verify that the server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a PayPal web server via an arbitrary certificate.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.1.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Iphone Os 3.1.3 All All All
Application Ebay Paypal All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
eBay PayPal for iOS-based Mobile Devices SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
PayPal Races To Fix IPhone App Security Flaw - WSJ.com MISC online.wsj.com
PayPal fixes security hole in iPhone app | InSecurity Complex - CNET News MISC news.cnet.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
viaForensics uncovers PayPal application vulnerability – viaForensics «viaForensics MISC viaforensics.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
PayPal for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store MISC itunes.apple.com
viaForensics uncovers significant vulnerability in PayPal for the iPhone – viaForensics «viaForensics MISC viaforensics.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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