CVE-2009-2417 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2009-2417

lib/ssluse.c in cURL and libcurl 7.4 through 7.19.5, when OpenSSL...

Vulnerability Description

lib/ssluse.c in cURL and libcurl 7.4 through 7.19.5, when OpenSSL 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libcurl
Vulnerable Versions:
7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.6, 7.6.1, 7.7, 7.7.1, 7.7.2, 7.7.3, 7.8, 7.8.1, 7.9, 7.9.1, 7.9.2, 7.9.3, 7.9.5, 7.9.6, 7.9.7, 7.9.8, 7.10, 7.10.1, 7.10.2, 7.10.3, 7.10.4, 7.10.5, 7.10.6, 7.10.7, 7.10.8, 7.11.0, 7.11.1, 7.11.2, 7.12, 7.12.0, 7.12.1, 7.12.2, 7.12.3, 7.13, 7.13.1, 7.13.2, 7.14, 7.14.1, 7.15, 7.15.1, 7.15.2, 7.15.3, 7.16.3, 7.17.0, 7.17.1, 7.18.0, 7.18.1, 7.18.2, 7.19.0, 7.19.1, 7.19.2, 7.19.3, 7.19.4, 7.19.5

Timeline

Official Publish: August 14th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.