CVE-2011-0738

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

MyProxy 5.0 through 5.2, as used in Globus Toolkit 5.0.0 through 5.0.2, does not properly verify the (1) hostname or (2) identity in the X.509 certificate for the myproxy-server, which allows remote attackers to spoof the server and conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks via a crafted certificate when executing (a) myproxy-logon or (b) myproxy-get-delegation.

Affected products

Globus Toolkit: 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2
Ncsa Myproxy: 5.0, 5.1, 5.2

References

http://grid.ncsa.illinois.edu/myproxy/security/myproxy-adv-2011-01.txt
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053461.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053473.html
http://lists.globus.org/pipermail/security-announce/2011-January/000018.html
http://osvdb.org/70494
http://secunia.com/advisories/42972
http://secunia.com/advisories/43103
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45916
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0227
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64830
http://grid.ncsa.illinois.edu/myproxy/security/myproxy-adv-2011-01.txt
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053461.html

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