FKIE_CVE-2009-2973

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-08-27 17:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:10
Severity
Summary
Google Chrome before 2.0.172.43 does not prevent SSL connections to a site with an X.509 certificate signed with the (1) MD2 or (2) MD4 algorithm, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary HTTPS servers via a crafted certificate, a related issue to CVE-2009-2409.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=18725Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/36417Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52903
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=18725Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36417Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52903
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
google chrome 0.2.149.27
google chrome 0.2.149.29
google chrome 0.2.149.30
google chrome 0.2.152.1
google chrome 0.2.153.1
google chrome 0.3.154.0
google chrome 0.3.154.3
google chrome 0.4.154.18
google chrome 0.4.154.22
google chrome 0.4.154.31
google chrome 0.4.154.33
google chrome 1.0.154.36
google chrome 1.0.154.39
google chrome 1.0.154.42
google chrome 1.0.154.43
google chrome 1.0.154.46
google chrome 1.0.154.48
google chrome 1.0.154.52
google chrome 1.0.154.53
google chrome 1.0.154.59
google chrome 2.0.156.1
google chrome 2.0.157.0
google chrome 2.0.157.2
google chrome 2.0.158.0
google chrome 2.0.159.0
google chrome 2.0.172
google chrome 2.0.172.30
google chrome 2.0.172.31
google chrome 2.0.172.33
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