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
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)