Description
mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.19 and 1.5.20, 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.
Published: 2009-10-23
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3737 mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.19 and 1.5.20, 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:22:26.580Z

Reserved: 2009-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3765

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-10-23T19:30:00.203

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-3765

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-08-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3765 - Bugzilla

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