Improper Certificate Validation in Debian Linux - CVE-2010-4533
Published: November 13, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35074
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4533
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
offlineimap before 6.3.4 added support for SSL server certificate validation but it is still possible to use SSL v2 protocol, which is a flawed protocol with multiple security deficiencies.
Affected software
Debian Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4533
Install update from vendor's website.