CVE-2009-4565

Summary

CVECVE-2009-4565
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-01-04 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-19 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptionsendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client 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 Sendmail Sendmail 2.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 2.6.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 4.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 4.55 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 5.59 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 5.61 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 5.65 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta10 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta12 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta16 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta5 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta7 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.1.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.6.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.8.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 2.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 2.6.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 3.0.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 4.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 4.55 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 5.59 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 5.61 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 5.65 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta10 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta12 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta16 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta5 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta7 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.1.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.13.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.14.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.6.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.7.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.8.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Debian update for sendmail - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:006 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Sun Solaris Sendmail SSL Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Red Hat update for sendmail - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
HP-UX update for sendmail - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Sendmail 8.14.4 - sendmail.org CONFIRM www.sendmail.org Patch
1021797 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Sendmail NULL Character CA SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Sendmail SSL Certificate NULL Character Spoofing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1985-1 sendmail DEBIAN www.debian.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02508 SSRT100007 rev.1 - HP-UX Running sendmail with STARTTLS Enabled, Rem' - MARC HP marc.info
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- sendmail: X.509 NULL spoofing vulnerability GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-01-21Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-4565 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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