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CVE-2009-3490 Detail

Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/30/2009

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11099
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11099

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3490
NVD Published Date:
09/30/2009
NVD Last Modified:
09/18/2017