CVE-2009-2417
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
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- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
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Version range not reported
References 25
curl.haxx.se
- CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch
- CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch
- CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch
- CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.12.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch
- CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.16.4-CVE-2009-2417.patch
- CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.10.6-CVE-2009-2417.patch
- CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.18.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch
- docs/adv_20090812.txt