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CVE-2009-3490

Published: Sep 30, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-310
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.5%
Top 12.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle remote attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-310

Affected Products

wgetgnuOSS Libraries
Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
gnuoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka g. nu
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://addictivecode.org/pipermail/wget-notify/2009-August/001808.html
addictivecode.org
http://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7
hg.addictivecode.org
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
kb.juniper.net
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Timeline

Published
Sep 30, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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