CVE-2009-2474
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-08-21 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 05:52
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001046.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36371Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36799Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:221Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36079Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341Permissions Required
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11721Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001046.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36371Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36799Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:221Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36079Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11721Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
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