VDB-50821 · CVE-2009-3941 · SA37312

Martin Lambers mpop prior 0.5.0 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Martin Lambers mpop. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3941. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Martin Lambers mpop. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Martin Lambers mpop before 1.0.19, when OpenSSL is used, does not properly handle a \0 character in a domain name in the (1) subject s Common Name or (2) Subject Alternative Name 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 released 11/16/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3941 since 11/16/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 0.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA37312†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: mpop 0.5.0

Timelineinfo

11/13/2009 🔍
11/16/2009 +3 days 🔍
11/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1948 days 🔍
01/23/2019 +1407 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3941 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3941
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50821
Secunia: 37312 - mpop SSL Certificate NULL Character Processing Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-3225

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 01/23/2019 08:21
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (47), 01/23/2019 08:21 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:B9E:103

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