CVE-2009-3456 (GCVE-0-2009-3456)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-29 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:35
VLAI
Summary
Google Chrome, possibly 3.0.195.21 and earlier, 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. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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