CVE-2009-3490 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-3490

GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a '\0'...

Vulnerability 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.

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

wget
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.5.3, 1.6, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.8, 1.8.1, 1.9, 1.9.1, 1.10, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.11, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, 1.11.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 30th, 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.