Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-2666 First vendor Publication 2009-08-07
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-10

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 6.4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 4.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2666

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11059
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11059
Title: socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 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.
Description: socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-2666
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13893
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13893
Title: USN-816-1 -- fetchmail vulnerability
Description: Moxie Marlinspike discovered that fetchmail did not properly handle certificates with NULL characters in the certificate name. A remote attacker could exploit this to perform a man in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted communications.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-816-1
CVE-2009-2666
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 8.04
Ubuntu 9.04
Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 8.10
 Product(s): fetchmail
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22871
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22871
Title: ELSA-2009:1427: fetchmail security update (Moderate)
Description: socket.c in fetchmail before 6.3.11 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2009:1427-01
CVE-2007-4565
CVE-2008-2711
CVE-2009-2666
 Version: 17
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): fetchmail
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29379
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29379
Title: RHSA-2009:1427 -- fetchmail security update (Moderate)
Description: An updated fetchmail package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2009:1427
CESA-2009:1427-CentOS 3
CESA-2009:1427-CentOS 5
CVE-2007-4565
CVE-2008-2711
CVE-2009-2666
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 3
CentOS Linux 5
 Product(s): fetchmail
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 119

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for fetchmail CESA-2009:1427 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1427_fetchmail_centos3_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for fetchmail CESA-2009:1427 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1427_fetchmail_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for fetchmail CESA-2009:1427 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1427_fetchmail_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-03-09 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201006-12 (fetchmail)
File : nvt/glsa_201006_12.nasl
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update / Mac OS X Security Update 2009-006
File : nvt/macosx_upd_10_6_2_secupd_2009-006.nasl
2009-12-10 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:201-1 (fetchmail)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_201_1.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for fetchmail
File : nvt/sles10_fetchmail.nasl
2009-10-11 Name : SLES11: Security update for fetchmail
File : nvt/sles11_fetchmail.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for fetchmail
File : nvt/sles9p5055302.nasl
2009-09-15 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1427 (fetchmail)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1427.nasl
2009-09-09 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1427
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1427.nasl
2009-09-09 Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-8770 (fetchmail)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_8770.nasl
2009-09-09 Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-8780 (fetchmail)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_8780.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : Ubuntu USN-816-1 (fetchmail)
File : nvt/ubuntu_816_1.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:044 (subversion)
File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_044.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:201 (fetchmail)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_201.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : FreeBSD Ports: fetchmail
File : nvt/freebsd_fetchmail12.nasl
2009-08-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1852-1 (fetchmail)
File : nvt/deb_1852_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2009-218-01 fetchmail
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2009_218_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
56855 Fetchmail X.509 Certificate Authority (CA) Common Name Null Byte Handling SSL...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20090908_fetchmail_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-02 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201006-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1852.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-09 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_10_6_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-09 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2009-006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-06 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_fetchmail-6410.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_fetchmail-6409.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_fetchmail-090807.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12468.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-09 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-09 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1427.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-8780.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-8770.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-13 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-201.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-816-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-12 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_5179d85c868311de91b90022157515b2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-12 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_fetchmail-090807.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-12 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_fetchmail-090807.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-07 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2009-218-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35951
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505530/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2009-01.txt
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1852
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:201
MLIST http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=124949601207156&w=2
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/56855
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022679
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/36175
http://secunia.com/advisories/36179
http://secunia.com/advisories/36236
SLACKWARE http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&...
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2155
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

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