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CVE Reference: CVE-2009-2666 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2009-2666 |
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Description: socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 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. |
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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: ST 1022679 SLACKWARE http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.543463 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA36236 Secunia Advisory: SA36179 Secunia Advisory: SA36175 OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11059 OSVDB 56855 MLIST http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124949601207156&w=2 MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:201 DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1852 CONFIRM http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2009-01.txt BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/505530/100/0/threaded BID 35951 APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html |
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