Vulnerability CVE-2009-2474
Published: 2009-08-21   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Webvdav -> NEON 
Webdav -> NEON 

 References:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001044.html
http://lists.manyfish.co.uk/pipermail/neon/2009-August/001046.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:221
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36079
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-835-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2341
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11721
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00924.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00945.html
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