CVE-2009-2666

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-08-07
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.4
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (fetchmail)	ELSA-2009-1427	2009-09-09
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (fetchmail)	ELSA-2009-1427	2009-09-09
Oracle Linux version 5 (fetchmail)	ELSA-2009-1427	2009-09-09