CVE-2009-2666
Fetchmail SSL Certificate Domain Name Overflow Vulnerability
Description
socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 7, 2009, 7 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
4.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2009-01.txt Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124949601207156&w=2 Added Reference http://osvdb.org/56855 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36175 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36179 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36236 Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1852 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:201 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505530/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35951 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022679 Added Reference http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.543463 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2155 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11059 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/505530/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505530/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 19, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11059 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11059 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-2666 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-2666
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.58 }} -0.51%
score
0.66369
percentile