CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-2474

MEDIUM
5.8
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
litmusDebian
Fixed in:0.13-1CVE-2009-2474
Fixed in:0.13-1CVE-2009-2474
Fixed in:0.13-1CVE-2009-2474
Fixed in:0.13-1CVE-2009-2474

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days
69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

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