Detections
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CVE-2018-8970
high
Description
The int_x509_param_set_hosts function in lib/libcrypto/x509/x509_vpm.c in LibreSSL 2.7.0 before 2.7.1 does not support a certain special case of a zero name length, which causes silent omission of hostname verification, and consequently allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate. NOTE: the LibreSSL documentation indicates that this special case is supported, but the BoringSSL documentation does not.
References
https://github.com/libressl-portable/openbsd/commit/0654414afcce51a16d35d05060190a3ec4618d42
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-2.7.1-relnotes.txt
https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/+/e759a9cd84198613199259dbed401f4951747cff