CVE-2009-3490
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2009-3490 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 5 (wget) | RHSA-2009:1549 | 2009-11-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (wget) | RHSA-2009:1549 | 2009-11-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (wget) | RHSA-2009:1549 | 2009-11-03 |
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