CVE-2009-3490 (GCVE-0-2009-3490)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-09-30 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:31
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html
cve@mitre.org http://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7
cve@mitre.org http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
cve@mitre.org http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2
cve@mitre.org http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2
cve@mitre.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general/8972
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/36540 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
cve@mitre.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general/8972
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/36540 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
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  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.