Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2009-2474
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- Webdav Neon
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 8.04, 8.10
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 10, 11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001046.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 (Broken Link)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11721 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36079 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/36371 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2474?
- CVE-2009-2474 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. Published 2009-08-21.
- Is CVE-2009-2474 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.