PT-2016-4587 · Openssl · Rust-Openssl

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: rust-openssl versions prior to 0.9.0 Description: The issue is related to SSL/TLS man-in-the-middle attacks due to insecure defaults in the openssl crate for Rust. Specifically, certificate verification is off by default, and there is no API...

HTTPS MitM vulnerability due to lack of hostname verification

When used on Windows platforms, all versions of Hyper prior to 0.9.4 did not perform hostname verification when making HTTPS requests. This allows an attacker to perform MitM attacks by preventing any valid CA-issued certificate, even if there's a hostname mismatch. The problem was addressed by...

RUSTSEC-2016-0002 HTTPS MitM vulnerability due to lack of hostname verification

When used on Windows platforms, all versions of Hyper prior to 0.9.4 did not perform hostname verification when making HTTPS requests. This allows an attacker to perform MitM attacks by preventing any valid CA-issued certificate, even if there's a hostname mismatch. The problem was addressed by...