CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-2474
5.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-08-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-326
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• webdav neon (< 0.28.6)
• apple mac os x (< 10.6.5)
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
• fedoraproject fedora 10
• fedoraproject fedora 11
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001046.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36371 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36799 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:221 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36079 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341 Permissions Required
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11721 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001046.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36371 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36799 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:221 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36079 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341 Permissions Required
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11721 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory