Description
sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Published: 2010-01-04
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1985-1 New sendmail packages fix SSL certificate verification weakness
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-4531 sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Sendmail Sendmail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:08:38.091Z

Reserved: 2010-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4565

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-01-04T21:30:00.640

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

Link: CVE-2009-4565

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-4565 - Bugzilla

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