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CVE-2009-2417

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
Publication date:
14/08/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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