CVE-2009-2474 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2474?

CVE-2009-2474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 21 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

neon before 0.28.6, when OpenSSL or GnuTLS 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.

Weakness: CWE-326

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2474?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Webdav Neon.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2474?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-2474 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2474 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2474, GHSA-x9rv-vww8-vmj9.