CVE-2009-0653 Information

Description

OpenSSL probably 0.9.6 does not verify the Basic Constraints for an intermediate CA-signed certificate which allows remote attackers to spoof the certificates of trusted sites via a man-in-the-middle attack a related issue to CVE-2002-0970.

Reference

http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-09/bh-dc-09-speakers.htmlMarlinspike https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-09/Marlinspike/BlackHat-DC-09-Marlinspike-Defeating-SSL.pdf