CVE-2009-3766 Information

Description

mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.16 and other versions before 1.5.19 when OpenSSL is used does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Reference

http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3087 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/1