CVE-2009-3490

EPSS 1.8%

wget - SSL certificate verification weakness

Published: 9/30/2009Modified: 4/28/2026

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.

Affected packages (2)

References (1)