CVE-2009-4565
published 2010-01-04CVE-2009-4565: sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle…
PriorityP342high7.5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
2.37%
82.0th percentile
sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Affected
63 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | sendmail | < sendmail 8.14.3-9.1 (bookworm) | sendmail 8.14.3-9.1 (bookworm) |
| sendmail | sendmail | <= 8.14.3 | — |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv5.9MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.9MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.9MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-g4p5-56vp-vcg5: sendmail before 8
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-02·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2009-4565 [MEDIUM] GHSA-g4p5-56vp-vcg5: sendmail before 8
sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
OSV
CVE-2009-4565: sendmail before 8
osv·2010-01-04·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2009-4565 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-4565: sendmail before 8
sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Red Hat
sendmail: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in name
vendor_redhat·2009-12-30·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2009-4565 [MEDIUM] sendmail: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in name
sendmail: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in name
sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Debian
CVE-2009-4565: sendmail - sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Nam...
vendor_debian·2009·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2009-4565 [MEDIUM] CVE-2009-4565: sendmail - sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Nam...
sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 8.14.3-9.1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 8.14.3-9.1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 8.14.3-9.1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 8.14.3-9.1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 8.14.3-9.1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2010-01-04
Published