CVE-2009-3490

N/A Unknown
Published: September 30, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general/8972
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/36540
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general/8972
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/36540
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.8%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-310

Affected Vendors

gnu

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