CVE-2010-4237

Summary

CVECVE-2010-4237
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-29 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-31 01:25:00 UTC
DescriptionMercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mercurial Mercurial All All All All
Application Mercurial Mercurial All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#598841 - mercurial fails to verify ssl validity in https connections - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2010-4237 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
2407 – mercurial fails to verify ssl validity in https connections CONFIRM bz.mercurial-scm.org Vendor Advisory
641373 – (CVE-2010-4237) CVE-2010-4237 Mercurial: Doesn't verify subject Common Name CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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