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.
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Advisories
Source | ID | Title |
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DSA-1869-1 | New curl packages fix SSL certificate verification weakness |
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EUVD-2009-2413 | 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. |
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USN-818-1 | curl vulnerability |
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USN-1158-1 | curl vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:14.669Z
Reserved: 2009-07-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-2417

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2009-08-14T15:16:27.390
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2009-2417


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