CVE-2009-2825 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2825?

CVE-2009-2825 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 10 Nov 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Certificate Assistant in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 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 might allow 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-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2825?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2825?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2825 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-2825 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2825 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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