bugtraq - iphone email client does not validate ssl certificates

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Message-ID: <5c96516b0909111033g44eeabd1ibedb41d3f679adff@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:33:33 -0500
From: Bill Borskey <wborskey@...il.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: iphone email client does not validate ssl certificates

Info:

iPod/iPhone standard e-mail application does not validate SSL certificates
and is vulnerable to a MITM (man in the middle attack).

Vulnerable: All versions.

Discovered by: William Borskey wborskey@...il.com

Discussion:

The mail application that ships with the iPod/iPhone does not validate SSL
certificates. A malicious user can use software such as ettercap-ng to sniff
email passwords without the application warning the victim that the
certificate may be invalid.

Exploit:

This flaw can be exploited with ettercap-ng.