CVE-2009-3490

CVE-2009-3490 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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