MDVSA-2009:203 -- Mandriva curlID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:300466 | Date: (C)2012-01-07 (M)2023-11-09 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in curl: lib/ssluse.c in cURL and libcurl 7.4 through 7.19.5, when OpenSSL is used, does not properly handle a "\0" character in a domain name in the subject"s Common 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 . This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.
Platform: |
Mandriva Linux 2009.0 |
Mandriva Linux 2008.1 |