# CVE-2009-2510: The CryptoAPI component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Wi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-10-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The CryptoAPI component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, as used by Internet Explorer and other applications, 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, aka "Null Truncation in X.509 Common Name Vulnerability," a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36475
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
- http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/
- http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091709-microsoft-ie-security-hole.html
- http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/073009-more-holes-found-in-webs.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5842
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-056

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