01 Record
CVE-2009-2730
libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.8.2 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's (1) Common Name (CN) or (2) Subject Alternative Name (SAN) field of an X.509 certificate,
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.8.2 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's (1) Common Name (CN) or (2) Subject Alternative Name (SAN) field of an X.509 certificate,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-08-12 10:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ca99e4ccf83b6a340e427697cb66b3e99b4dcf6fc53ef06bff95a5d86ec1df87
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:8409https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8409
- www.securitytracker.com1022777http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022777
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090814 GnuTLS CVE-2009-2730 Patches (Was Re: GnuTLS 2.8.2)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/6
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1232http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1232.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:015http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
- secunia.com36496http://secunia.com/advisories/36496
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10778https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10778
- secunia.com36266http://secunia.com/advisories/36266
- www.securityfocus.com20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party componentshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgnutls-cn-san-security-bypass(52404)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52404
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0095https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
- article.gmane.orghttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.gnutls.general/1733