CVE-2009-2474 Information

Description

neon before 0.28.6 when OpenSSL or GnuTLS 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.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.html http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001046.html http://secunia.com/advisories/36371 http://secunia.com/advisories/36799 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:221 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36079 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11721 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.html