CVE-2009-3490

Description

GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a character in a domain name in the Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle remote attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Risk Information

Base Score

10.0

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

1.371

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
(RHSA-2009:1549) Moderate: wget security update wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.i386.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2009:1549) Moderate: wget security update wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm	Linux
CVE-2009-3490	NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234