CVE-2012-5821 Information

Description

Lynx does not verify that the server’s certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function.

Reference

http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:101 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1642-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79930 https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0351