Apple iPhone and iPod touch Untrusted Certificate Exception Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:35447

Info

Apple iPhone and iPod touch Untrusted Certificate Exception Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 35447
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2009-0958
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 17 2009 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:48PM
Credit: FD of Securus Global
Vulnerable: Apple iPod Touch 2.2.1
Apple iPod Touch 2.0.2
Apple iPod Touch 2.0.1
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.4
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.3
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.2
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.1
Apple iPod Touch 2.2
Apple iPod Touch 2.1
Apple iPod Touch 2.0
Apple iPod Touch 1.1
Apple iPhone 2.2.1
Apple iPhone 2.0.2
Apple iPhone 2.0.1
Apple iPhone 1.1.4
Apple iPhone 1.1.3
Apple iPhone 1.1.2
Apple iPhone 1.1.1
Apple iPhone 1.0.2
Apple iPhone 1.0.1
Apple iPhone 2.2
Apple iPhone 2.1
Apple iPhone 2.0
Apple iPhone 1.1
Apple iPhone 1
Apple iPhone 0
Not Vulnerable: Apple iPod Touch 3.0
Apple iPhone 3.0

Discussion

Apple iPhone and iPod touch Untrusted Certificate Exception Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Apple iPhone and iPod touch are prone to an information-disclosure vulnerability.

Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to perform man-in-the-middle attacks by impersonating a trusted Exchange server. This may allow the attacker to obtain credentials or other sensitive information or give users a false sense of security. Information harvested may aid in further attacks.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 35414 (Apple iPhone and iPod touch Prior to Version 3.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.

Exploit / POC

Apple iPhone and iPod touch Untrusted Certificate Exception Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to connect to a malicious server.

Solution / Fix

Apple iPhone and iPod touch Untrusted Certificate Exception Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for details.

References

Apple iPhone and iPod touch Untrusted Certificate Exception Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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