CVE-2009-3639

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3639
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-10-28 14:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe mod_tls module in ProFTPD before 1.3.2b, and 1.3.3 before 1.3.3rc2, when the dNSNameRequired TLS option is enabled, does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 client certificate, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended client-hostname restrictions via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-310

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.1 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc4 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.1 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 All All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc2 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.2 rc4 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd 1.3.3 rc1 All All
Application Proftpd Proftpd All a All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1925-1 proftpd-dfsg DEBIAN www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ProFTPD SSL Certificate NULL Character Processing Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:288 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Bug 3275 – Improper SSL/TLS certificate subjectAltName verification CONFIRM bugs.proftpd.org
'Re: [oss-security] proftpd - mod_tls - Improper SSL/TLS certificate' - MARC MLIST marc.info
Debian update for proftpd-dfsg - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
530719 – (CVE-2009-3639) CVE-2009-3639 ProFTPD: Doesn't properly handle NULL character in subjectAltName CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: proftpd-1.3.2b-1.fc10 FEDORA www.redhat.com
ProFTPD mod_tls Module NULL Character CA SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: proftpd-1.3.2b-1.fc11 FEDORA www.redhat.com
'[oss-security] proftpd - mod_tls - Improper SSL/TLS certificate subjectAltName verification' - MARC MLIST marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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