CiviCRM 4.0.5 and 4.1.1 SSL Server Spoofing Vulnerability

CVE-2011-5239 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CiviCRM 4.0.5 and 4.1.1 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

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