CVE-2009-2474
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 21, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 15, 2009
Description
neon before 0.28.6, when OpenSSL or GnuTLS is used, does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- [neon] 20090818 neon: release 0.28.6 (SECURITY)mailing-list
- [neon] 20090818 CVE-2009-2474: fix handling of NUL in SSL cert subject namesmailing-list
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- ADV-2009-2341vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11721vdb-entrysignature
- MDVSA-2009:221vendor-advisory
- 36079vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1vendor-advisory
- 36371third-party-advisory
- USN-835-1vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2009-8815vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2009-8794vendor-advisory
- 36799third-party-advisory
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