# CVE-2010-0744: aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) 0.98.3 and earlier, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the su

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-04-20 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

aMSN (aka Alvaro's Messenger) 0.98.3 and earlier, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field or a Subject Alternative Name field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an MSN server via an arbitrary certificate.

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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041046.html
- http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/?view=log&pathrev=11991
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/10/4
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39796
- http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/sip.tcl?r1=11953&r2=11991&pathrev=11991
- http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/proxy.tcl?r1=11886&r2=11991&pathrev=11991
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35507
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=572818
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/01/4
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2009/Jun/239
- http://www.opensource-archive.org/showthread.php?p=183821
- http://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/amsn/trunk/amsn/soap.tcl?r1=11891&r2=11991&pathrev=11991
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35621
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1109
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041079.html

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