VDB
CVE-2012-5821
CVE-2012-5821
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.800000190734863 MEDIUM
Lynx does not verify that the server's certificate is signed by a trusted certification authority, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate, related to improper use of a certain GnuTLS function.
EPSS 0.81% · 53.5th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5.800000190734863
EPSS Score
0.81%
53.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04, 11.10, 12.04 |
| lynx | lynx | |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Nov 4, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0351 url
- MDVSA-2013:101 vendor-advisory
- http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~shmat/shmat_ccs12.pdf url
- USN-1642-1 vendor-advisory
- lynx-ssl-spoofing(79930) vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5821 advisory