CVE-2009-3490
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 30, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 30, 2009
Description
GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle remote 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 |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [bug-wget] 20090922 Release: GNU Wget 1.12mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20090923 Re: More CVE-2009-2408 like issuesmailing-list
- ADV-2009-2498vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
- [wget-notify] 20090805 [bug #27183] Wget likely suffers from the \0 SSL cert vulnerabilitymailing-list
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- 36540third-party-advisory
- 36205vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11099vdb-entrysignature
- http://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7
- [oss-security] 20090903 More CVE-2009-2408 like issuesmailing-list
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