Description
GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle remote 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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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DSA |
DSA-1904-1 | New wget packages fix SSL certificate verification weakness |
EUVD |
EUVD-2009-3472 | GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle remote 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 |
USN-842-1 | Wget vulnerability |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T06:31:09.607Z
Reserved: 2009-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-3490
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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-09-30T15:30:00.610
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2009-3490
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN