CVE-2012-6709 : ELinks 0.12 and Twibright Links 2.3 have Missing SSL Certificate Validation.

ELinks 0.12 and Twibright Links 2.3 have Missing SSL Certificate Validation.

Published 2018-02-23 17:29:00

Updated 2018-03-20 19:14:41

Source MITRE

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6709

EPSS FAQ

0.11%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 43 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2012-6709

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N	8.6	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: None
5.9	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	2.2	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: High Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: None Availability: None

References for CVE-2012-6709

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694658

#694658 - SSL certificate handling should be documented better - Debian Bug report logs
Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=881399

881399 – (CVE-2012-6709) CVE-2012-6709 elinks/links: does not properly verify SSL certificates
Issue Tracking;Patch

Products affected by CVE-2012-6709

Elinks » Elinks » Version: 0.12
cpe:2.3:a:elinks:elinks:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
Twibright » Links » Version: 2.3
cpe:2.3:a:twibright:links:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions