CVE-2009-3455
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-3455 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-09-29 18:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Apple Safari, possibly before 4.0.3, on Mac OS X 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 | Apple | Safari | 0.8 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 0.9 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.0 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.0.0 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.0b1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.2 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.2.0 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.2.1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.2.2 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.2.3 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.2.4 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.2.5 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.3 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.3.1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 1.3.2 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 2.0 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 2.0.0 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 2.0.1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 2.0.2 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 2.0.3 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 2.0.4 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.0 | All | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.0 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.0.0 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.0.1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.0.3 | All | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.0.3 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.0.4 | All | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.0.4 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.1 | All | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.1.0 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.1.1 | All | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.1.1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.1.2 | All | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.1.2 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.2 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.2.1 | All | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.2.1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.2.3 | All | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 3.2.3 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 4.0 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 4.0.0b | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 4.0.1 | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 4.0.2 | All | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | 4.0_beta | - | mac | All |
| Application | Apple | Safari | All | - | mac | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Safari NULL Character CA SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer SSL security hole lingers - Network World | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.networkworld.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.