Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1221-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that mutt incorrectly verified the hostname in an SSL certificate. An attacker could trick mutt into trusting a rogue SMTPS, IMAPS, or POP3S server's certificate, which was signed by a trusted certificate authority, to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
Affected
mutt on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-1429 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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