Apple iPod touch and Apple iPhone SSL spoofing
| ipod-iphone-ssl-spoofing (53234) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple iPod touch and Apple iPhone could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by improper verification of SSL certificates. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof SSL certificates and redirect a user to a malicious Web site that would appear to be trusted. This could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information that could be used to launch further attacks against the victim's system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.8 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 4.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- Apple Web site: Apple - iPhone.
- Apple Web site: Apple - iPhone touch.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Sep 11 2009 - 12:33:33 CDT: iphone email client does not validate ssl certificates.
- BID-36370: Apple iPhone and iPod touch Email SSL Certificate Validation Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-3273: iPhone Mail in Apple iPhone OS, and iPhone OS for iPod touch, does not validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL e-mail servers via a crafted certificate.
- OSVDB ID: 58375: Apple iPhone Mail X.509 Crafted Certificate SSL MiTM Spoofing
Platforms Affected:
- Apple iPhone 1.0
- Apple iPhone 1.0.1
- Apple iPhone 1.0.2
- Apple iPhone 1.02
- Apple iPhone 1.1
- Apple iPhone 1.1.1
- Apple iPhone 1.1.2
- Apple iPhone 1.1.3
- Apple iPhone 1.1.4
- Apple iPhone 2.0
- Apple iPhone 2.0.1
- Apple iPhone 2.0.2
- Apple iPhone 2.1
- Apple iPhone 2.1 5F136
- Apple iPhone OS 2.2
- Apple iPhone OS 2.2.1
- Apple iPhone OS 3.0
- Apple iPhone OS 3.0.1
- Apple iPod touch 1.1
- Apple iPod touch 1.1.1
- Apple iPod touch 1.1.2
- Apple iPod touch 1.1.3
- Apple iPod touch 1.1.4
- Apple iPod touch 2.0
- Apple iPod touch 2.0.1
- Apple iPod touch 2.0.2
- Apple iPod touch 2.1
- Apple iPod touch 2.2
- Apple iPod touch 2.2.1
- Apple iPod touch 3.0
Reported:
Sep 11, 2009
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