National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0958

Overview

Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 stores an exception for a hostname when the user accepts an untrusted Exchange server certificate, which causes it to be accepted without prompting in future usage and allows remote Exchange servers to obtain sensitive information such as credentials.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639

External Source: XF

Name: iphone-ipod-certificate-info-disclosure(51208)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51208

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1621

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621

External Source: BID

Name: 35447

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35447

External Source: BID

Name: 35414

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35414

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 55236

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/55236

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html