SSL/TLS Man-in-the-Middle Vulnerability in OpenSSL for Rust
CVE-2016-10931

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Rust-OpenSSL Project

Status
Rust-OpenSSL
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 August 2019

What is CVE-2016-10931?

A flaw in the OpenSSL crate prior to version 0.9.0 for Rust allows for man-in-the-middle attacks due to disabled default certificate verification. The absence of an API for hostname verification further exacerbates the issue, potentially allowing attackers to impersonate legitimate services without detection.

References

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2016-0001.html
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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