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.
Published: 2009-09-30
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1904-1 New wget packages fix SSL certificate verification weakness
EUVD 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 Ubuntu USN USN-842-1 Wget vulnerability
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01601}

epss

{'score': 0.01358}


cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-30T15:30:00.610

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

Link: CVE-2009-3490

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3490 - Bugzilla

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