SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-4318

Dovecot 2.0.x before 2.0.16, when ssl or starttls is enabled and hostname is used to define the proxy destination, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) of the X.509 certificate, which allows…

MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 1.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Dovecot 2.0.x before 2.0.16, when ssl or starttls is enabled and hostname is used to define the proxy destination, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a valid certificate for a different hostname.

CVSS 2.0
5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.32% probability · 69th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
dovecot/dovecot
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.