CVE-2009-2417
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-2417 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-08-14 15:16:27 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.10.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.10.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.10.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.10.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.10.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.10.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.10.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.11.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.11.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.12.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.12.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.12.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.13.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.13.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.14.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.15.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.15.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.15.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.16.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.17.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.17.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.18.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.18.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.18.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.19.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.19.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.19.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.19.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.19.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.19.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.7.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.9.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.9.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.9.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Curl | Libcurl | 7.9.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.12.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.12.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.13.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.13.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.14.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.15.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.15.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.15.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libcurl | Libcurl | 7.16.3 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| curl: page not found | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Vendor Advisory |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Patch |
| rPath update for curl - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.16.4-CVE-2009-2417.patch | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| USN-1158-1: curl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.11.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Patch |
| curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Patch |
| curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.12.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Patch |
| curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.15.5-CVE-2009-2417.patch | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Patch |
| cURL OpenSSL NULL Character Spoofing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Shibboleth - InCommon | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | shibboleth.internet2.edu | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0124 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| Ubuntu update for curl - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| VMSA-2009-0016.1 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vmware.com | |
| curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.19.0-CVE-2009-2417.patch | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Patch |
| curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.10.6-CVE-2009-2417.patch | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Patch |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| curl.haxx.se/CVE-2009-2417/curl-7.18.1-CVE-2009-2417.patch | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | curl.haxx.se | Patch |
| cURL / libcURL NULL Character CA SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.