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    CVE-2009-2474

    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.

    Published:Aug 18, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Aug 21, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.00439
    CVSS Score:5.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Webdav
    Product
    Neon

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-112 Brute Force
    CAPEC-192 Protocol Analysis
    CAPEC-20 Encryption Brute Forcing

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    References

    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/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11721
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.html
    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/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11721
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High