Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 21, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2009-2474
CVE-2009-2474
Description
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.
Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
13- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001046.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36371nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/36799nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36079nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11721nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4435nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341nvdPermissions Required
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