Description
Apple Safari, possibly before 4.0.3, on Mac OS X 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: 2009-09-29
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3437 Apple Safari, possibly before 4.0.3, on Mac OS X 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:36:40.318Z

Reserved: 2009-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3455

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-29T18:00:00.360

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

Link: CVE-2009-3455

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