National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2417

Overview

lib/ssluse.c in cURL and libcurl 7.4 through 7.19.5, when OpenSSL is used, 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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: XF

Name: curl-certificate-security-bypass(52405)

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/52405

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.18.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.18.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.16.4-CVE-2009-2417.patch

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.16.4-CVE-2009-2417.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.12.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.12.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.11.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.11.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.10.6-CVE-2009-2417.patch

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.10.6-CVE-2009-2417.patch

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3316

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2263

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2263

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

External Source: BID

Name: 36032

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36032

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090824 rPSA-2009-0124-1 curl

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/506055/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0124

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0124

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/secadv/secadv_20090817.txt

Hyperlink:http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/secadv/secadv_20090817.txt

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37471

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36475

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36475

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36238

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36238

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090812.txt

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090812.txt