CVE-2009-3942

Publication date

2009-11-16 19:00:00

Family

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Description

Martin Lambers msmtp before 1.4.19, when OpenSSL is used, does not properly handle a 0 character in a domain name in the (1) subjects 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.