CVE-2009-3044 Information

Description

Opera before 10.00 does not properly handle a (1) ‘\0’ character or (2) invalid wildcard 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.

Reference

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/freebsd/1000/ http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/1000/ http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/mac/1000/ http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/solaris/1000/ http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/1000/ http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/934/ https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A6444