CVE-2004-0009 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Apache-SSL 1.3.28+1.52 and earlier, with SSLVerifyClient set to 1 or 3 and SSLFakeBasicAuth enabled, allows remote attackers to forge a client certificate by using basic authentication with the "one-line DN" of the target user.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache-ssl:apache-ssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0009	Apache-SSL 1.3.28+1.52 and earlier, with SSLVerifyClient set to 1 or 3 and SSLFakeBasicAuth enabled, allows remote attackers to forge a client certificate by using basic authentication with the "one-line DN" of the target user.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00748.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/016870.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107619127531765&w=2
http://www.apache-ssl.org/advisory-20040206.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/3877
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9590
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15065

History

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Subscriptions

Apache-ssl Apache-ssl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.611Z

Reserved: 2004-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0009

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-03-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0009

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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