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CVE-2011-1429

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-03-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Mutt does not verify that the smtps server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL SMTP server via an arbitrary certificate, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3766.

Affected products

• mutt: all versions

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061353.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061356.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061461.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/87
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44937
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8143
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0959.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46803
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66015
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061353.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061356.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061461.html

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