CVE-2010-4237

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
mercurial	mercurial	1.6.4

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2407Vendor Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2407Vendor Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 29, 2019
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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