VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-4237
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.82%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.82%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.82% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- mercurial/mercurial
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2407Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2407Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.