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.
Published: 2009-08-07
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1852-1 New fetchmail packages fix SSL certificate verification weakness
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2659 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-816-1 fetchmail vulnerability
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Fetchmail Fetchmail
Redhat Enterprise Linux
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:59:56.877Z

Reserved: 2009-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2666

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-07T19:00:01.063

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

Link: CVE-2009-2666

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2666 - Bugzilla

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