Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been discovered in Links, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.
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TITLE:
Links SSL Verification Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33391
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33391/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Spoofing
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Links 2.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20922/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been discovered in Links, which can be exploited
by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.
The problem is that the certificate presented by a server at the
beginning of an SSL session is not verified. This can be exploited to
spoof valid servers via a man-in-the-middle attack.
The security issue is confirmed in version 2.2. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not rely on SSL security.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Neil Moore in a Debian bug.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510417
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