CVE-2009-3490
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
02 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
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
- 3.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% 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
- 2009-09-30 15:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-09-30
- 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
- 48919235412d30b8bce77bf70539050054e4a96bbda0368fb2174d8354ccbbc9
05 Affected products
06 References
- permalink.gmane.org[bug-wget] 20090922 Release: GNU Wget 1.12http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general/8972
- marc.info[oss-security] 20090923 Re: More CVE-2009-2408 like issueshttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2498http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2498
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520454
- addictivecode.org[wget-notify] 20090805 [bug #27183] Wget likely suffers from the \0 SSL cert vulnerabilityhttp://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- secunia.com36540http://secunia.com/advisories/36540
- www.securityfocus.com36205http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11099https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11099
- hg.addictivecode.orghttp://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7
- marc.info[oss-security] 20090903 More CVE-2009-2408 like issueshttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wget Fixed in 1.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wget Fixed in 1.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wget Fixed in 1.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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