CVE-2009-4565

N/A Unknown
Published: January 04, 2010 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126953289726317&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/37998
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38314
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/39088
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/40109
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/43366
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-30.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021797.1-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1985
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0262.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37543
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.sendmail.org/releases/8.14.4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3661
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0719
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1386
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0415
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10255
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11822
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126953289726317&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/37998
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38314
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/38915
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/39088
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/40109
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/43366
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-30.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021797.1-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1985
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0262.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37543
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.sendmail.org/releases/8.14.4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3661
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0719
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1386
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0415
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10255
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11822
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

40 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
74th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-310

Affected Vendors

sendmail

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