Evolution camel component SSL certificate man-in-the-middle attack
| evolution-camel-certificate-mitm (10292) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Evolution could allow a remote attacker to spoof Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates. The camel component fails to properly validate previously accepted SSL certificates received upon re-connection to the program. This could allow an attacker to spoof a certificate and perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Evolution (1.1.1 or later), available from the Ximian Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Oct 03 2002 - 07:00:35 CDT : SSL certificate validation problems in Ximian Evolution.
- Ximian Web site: Ximian.
- BID-5875: Ximian Evolution SSL Man-In-The-Middle Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1471: The camel component for Ximian Evolution 1.0.x and earlier does not verify certificates when it establishes a new SSL connection after previously verifying a certificate, which could allow remote attackers to monitor or modify sessions via a man-in-the-middle attack.
Platforms Affected:
- Ximian Evolution 1.0.3
- Ximian Evolution 1.0.4
- Ximian Evolution 1.0.5
- Ximian Evolution 1.0.6
- Ximian Evolution 1.0.7
- Ximian Evolution 1.0.8
Reported:
Oct 03, 2002
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