Vulnerability: Man-in-the-Middle Attack via Crafted Wildcard SAN in libcurl

CVE-2016-9952 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The verify_certificate function in lib/vtls/schannel.c in libcurl 7.30.0 through 7.51.0, when built for Windows CE using the schannel TLS backend, makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks via a crafted wildcard SAN in a server certificate, as demonstrated by "*.com."

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