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CVE-2009-3455

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
Publication date:
29/09/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Apple Safari, possibly before 4.0.3, on Mac OS X 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:apple:safari:*:-:mac:*:*:*:*:* 4.0.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:0.8:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:0.9:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0.0:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0b1:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.1:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2.0:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2.1:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2.2:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2.3:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2.4:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2.5:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.3:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*

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


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