Vulnerability in GNU Gnutls

CVE-2009-2730

libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.8.2 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's (1) Common Name (CN) or (2) Subject Alternative Name (SAN) 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.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.022 (80.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Gnutls — versions 1.0.16, 1.0.17, 1.0.18
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References