cve-2009-3765
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-10-23 19:00
Modified
2024-09-16 20:22
Severity
Summary
mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.19 and 1.5.20, when OpenSSL 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.
Impacted products
VendorProduct
n/an/a
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