Description
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: 2009-08-21
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2469 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-835-1 neon vulnerabilities
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Webdav Neon
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:14.820Z

Reserved: 2009-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2474

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-21T17:30:00.360

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2474

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-08-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2474 - Bugzilla

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