{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"CVE-2009-2417","published":"2009-08-14T15:16:27Z","modified":"2026-04-10T03:40:49.782477Z","aliases":["CURL-CVE-2009-2417"],"related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10303-1"],"details":"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.","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.16.4-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090812.txt"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/36238"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/36475"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/37471"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/45047"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1158-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2263"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.10.6-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.11.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.12.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.16.4-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.18.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/secadv/secadv_20090817.txt"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0124"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506055/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36032"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52405"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10114"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8542"}]}