CVE-2009-4034 Information

Description

PostgreSQL 7.4.x before 7.4.27 8.0.x before 8.0.23 8.1.x before 8.1.19 8.2.x before 8.2.15 8.3.x before 8.3.9 and 8.4.x before 8.4.2 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 (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based PostgreSQL servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended client-hostname restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00007.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134124585221119&w=2 http://osvdb.org/61038 http://secunia.com/advisories/37663 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0012 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:333 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-7-4-27.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-0-23.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-1-19.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-2-15.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-3-9.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-4-2.html http://www.postgresql.org/support/security.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509917/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37334 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023325 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3519 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01035.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg01056.html