CVE-2012-5821 (GCVE-0-2012-5821)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-04 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function.
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