Description
GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a '\0' 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.
Affected products
- gnu / wget1.11.4
- gnu / wget1.5.3 – 1.5.3
- gnu / wget1.6 – 1.6
- gnu / wget1.7 – 1.7
- gnu / wget1.7.1 – 1.7.1
- gnu / wget1.8 – 1.8
- gnu / wget1.8.1 – 1.8.1
- gnu / wget1.9 – 1.9
- gnu / wget1.9.1 – 1.9.1
- gnu / wget1.10 – 1.10
- gnu / wget1.10.1 – 1.10.1
- gnu / wget1.10.2 – 1.10.2
- gnu / wget1.11 – 1.11
- gnu / wget1.11.1 – 1.11.1
- gnu / wget1.11.2 – 1.11.2
- gnu / wget1.11.3 – 1.11.3
References
- MISChttp://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general/8972
- MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
- MISChttp://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html
- MISChttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36540
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099
- MISChttp://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7
- MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2