CVE-2009-2474
EPSS 0.60%Published: 8/21/2009Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2474
Description
neon before 0.28.6, when OpenSSL or GnuTLS 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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/litmusfrom 0, < 0.13-1
- Debian/neon27from 0, < 0.28.6-1