CVE-2009-3455

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductApple Safari
PublishedSep 29, 2009
First seenSep 29, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apple safariv ≤ 4.0.2, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0b1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 3.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.1, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.3, 4.0, 4.0.0b, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0_beta—

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