CVE-2012-6086 Weak cryptography in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof SSL servers due to improper certificate verification in Zabbix, potentially exposing sensitive data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2012-6086?

CVE-2012-6086 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zabbix Zabbix, published on 29 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libs/zbxmedia/eztexting.c in Zabbix 1.8.x before 1.8.18rc1, 2.0.x before 2.0.8rc1, and 2.1.x before 2.1.2 does not properly set the CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST option for libcurl, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6086?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zabbix Zabbix.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6086?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-6086 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6086 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6086, GHSA-g86q-v527-5vcc.

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