CVE-2009-2666

CVE Details

Release Date:2009-08-07

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.

See more information about CVE-2009-2666 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

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

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (fetchmail)ELSA-2009-14272009-09-09
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (fetchmail)ELSA-2009-14272009-09-09
Oracle Linux version 5 (fetchmail)ELSA-2009-14272009-09-09



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