cve/2009/CVE-2009-2417.md

CVE-2009-2417

Description

lib/ssluse.c in cURL and libcurl 7.4 through 7.19.5, 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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/chnzzh/OpenSSL-CVE-lib