CVE-2009-3490
Wget SSL Certificate Domain Name Zero-Byte 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.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 30, 2009, 3:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:07 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html Added Reference http://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7 Added Reference http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2 Added Reference http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general/8972 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36540 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
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:11099 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 08, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 01, 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-2009-3490 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-2009-3490
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.31 }} -0.10%
score
0.69597
percentile