CVE-2009-3765

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3765
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-10-23 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionmutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.19 and 1.5.20, 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mutt Mutt 1.5.19 All All All
Application Mutt Mutt 1.5.20 All All All
Application Openssl Openssl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Changeset 6016:dc09812e63a3 for mutt_ssl.c – Mutt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.mutt.org
'Re: [oss-security] More CVE-2009-2408 like issues' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
'[oss-security] More CVE-2009-2408 like issues' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-10-26Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of mutt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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