CVE-2009-3490

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2009-09-30

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-310

Affected products

• Wget (Gnu)

References

• http://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html
• http://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2
• http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general/8972
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36540
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099