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SSL Server Spoofing Vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 1.0.1.2

CVE-2012-5816 · MEDIUM

CVE-2012-5816

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 1.0.1.2 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.

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