CVE-2009-2474

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-08-18
Bugzilla:
518223: CVE-2009-2474 neon: Improper verification of x509v3 certificate with NULL (zero) byte in certain fields

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-2474 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (neon) RHSA-2009:1452 2009-09-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (neon) RHSA-2009:1452 2009-09-21

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