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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-09-30T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:31:09.607Z

Reserved: 2009-09-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-3490

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-30T15:30:00.610

Modified: 2017-09-19T01:29:38.017

Link: CVE-2009-3490

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3490 - Bugzilla