CVE-2010-1378

Publication date 15 November 2010

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

OpenSSL in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.5 does not properly perform arithmetic, which allows remote attackers to bypass X.509 certificate authentication via an arbitrary certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openssl	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

Notes

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According to Apple, this issue *only* exists in the version of openssl shipped by Apple; see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1378