CVE-2009-2730

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-08-12

Description

libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.8.2 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's (1) Common Name (CN) or (2) Subject Alternative Name (SAN) 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.

See more information about CVE-2009-2730 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:	7.5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (gnutls)	ELSA-2009-1232	2009-08-26
Oracle Linux version 5 (gnutls)	ELSA-2009-1232	2009-08-26

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