Axel Trust Management Issues Vulnerabilities

Axel is a lightweight download gas pedal. A security vulnerability exists in the ssl.c file in versions of Axel prior to 2.17.8 that stems from a TLS connection failing to validate the server's hostname. No details of the vulnerability are provided at this time...

CVE-2005-0390

Buffer overflow in the HTTP redirection capability in conn.c for Axel before 1.0b may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code...