CVE-2009-4565
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 4, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 4, 2010
Description
sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client 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
- 38314third-party-advisory
- GLSA-201206-30vendor-advisory
- 1021797vendor-advisory
- 39088third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-3661vdb-entry
- 37998third-party-advisory
- 37543vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0415vdb-entry
- 43366third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2010:006vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10255vdb-entrysignature
- http://www.sendmail.org/releases/8.14.4
- HPSBUX02508vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-0719vdb-entry
- RHSA-2011:0262vendor-advisory
- DSA-1985vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11822vdb-entrysignature
- 40109third-party-advisory
- 38915third-party-advisory
- ADV-2010-1386vdb-entry
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