CVE-2009-3490
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.52% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- gnu/wget
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/36540Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/36540Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.