CVE-2012-5791: Input Validation

First published: Sun Nov 04 2012(Updated: )

PayPal Invoicing does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

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