CVE-2009-2474 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-2474

neon before 0.28.6, when OpenSSL or GnuTLS is used, does...

Vulnerability 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.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

neon, mac os x, ubuntu linux, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 10, 11

Timeline

Official Publish: August 21st, 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.