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CVE-2009-2417 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.10.6-CVE-2009-2417.patch	CVE	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.11.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch	CVE	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.12.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch	CVE	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch	CVE	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch	CVE	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.16.4-CVE-2009-2417.patch	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.18.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch	CVE	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch	CVE	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch	CVE	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090812.txt	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36238	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36475	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/45047	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52405	CVE
http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/secadv/secadv_20090817.txt	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10114	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8542	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077	CVE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0124	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506055/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36032	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1158-1	CVE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2263	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	CVE
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.10.6-CVE-2009-2417.patch	[email protected]	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.11.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch	[email protected]	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.12.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch	[email protected]	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch	[email protected]	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch	[email protected]	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.16.4-CVE-2009-2417.patch	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.18.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch	[email protected]	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch	[email protected]	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch	[email protected]	Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090812.txt	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/36238	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36475	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/45047	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52405	[email protected]
http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/secadv/secadv_20090817.txt	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10114	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8542	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077	[email protected]
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0124	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506055/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36032	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1158-1	[email protected]
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2263	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	[email protected]

see all 56 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-310	Cryptographic Issues	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
curl libcurl	7.4 7.4.1 7.4.2 7.5 7.5.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.9.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.9.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.9.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.9.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.9.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.10.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.10.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.10.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.10.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.10.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.10.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.10.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.11.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.11.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.11.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.12.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.12.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.13.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.13.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.14.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.15.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.15.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.15.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.16.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.17.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.17.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.18.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.18.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.18.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.19.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.19.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.19.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.19.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.19.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.19.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
libcurl libcurl	7.12 7.12.1 7.12.2 7.12.3 7.13
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.12.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.13.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.13.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.14.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.15.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.15.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.15.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libcurl:libcurl:7.16.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 14, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]