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Message-ID: <822bd361-ca1c-484e-bfa9-f1bcadd16760@zmail01.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:09:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: security@...ntu.com, team@...urity.debian.org
Subject: Re: CVE Request: apt

Please use CVE-2011-3634

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

----- Original Message -----
> Hello,
> 
> Could a CVE please be assigned to the following issue:
> 
> Apt before 0.8.11 incorrectly handles the Verify-Host configuration
> option, resulting in a successful connection instead of a
> verification
> failure when the certificate host name doesn't match.
> 
> See:
> 
> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~donkult/apt/sid/revision/2053.1.28
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/868353
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marc.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>

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