CVE-2009-3490
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-3490 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2009-09-30 15:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle remote 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
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.10.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.11.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.11.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | 1.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Wget | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| gmane.comp.web.wget.general | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | permalink.gmane.org | |
| Wget NULL Character CA SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| 'Re: [oss-security] More CVE-2009-2408 like issues' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| Bug 520454 – CVE-2009-3490 wget: incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in name | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| This site either does not exist, or is currently undergoing maintenance. | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | hg.addictivecode.org | |
| [wget-notify] [bug #27183] Wget likely suffers from the \0 SSL cert vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | addictivecode.org | |
| Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | kb.juniper.net | |
| '[oss-security] More CVE-2009-2408 like issues' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| wget SSL Certificate NULL Character Processing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| 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.