mutt 1.5.19/1.5.20 mutt_ssl.c cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in mutt 1.5.19/1.5.20. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file mutt_ssl.c. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-3765. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in mutt 1.5.19/1.5.20 (Mail Client Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file mutt_ssl.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

mutt_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.

The weakness was presented 10/23/2009 (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3765 since 10/23/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-50589 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

10/23/2009 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1972 days 🔍
08/24/2021 +2351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 6016
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3765 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3765
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50588
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/24/2021 15:58
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (46), 01/23/2019 08:10 (2), 08/24/2021 15:58 (3)
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