CVE-2009-2510
First published: Wed Oct 14 2009(Updated: )
The CryptoAPI component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, as used by Internet Explorer and other applications, 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, aka "Null Truncation in X.509 Common Name Vulnerability," a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =r2 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp1 | |
| Microsoft Windows 7 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp3 | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista | ||
| Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp1 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =r2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =sp2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091709-microsoft-ie-security-hole.html
- http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/073009-more-holes-found-in-webs.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36475
- http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5842
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-056
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/nvd-api
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft windows 2000
- version/microsoft windows 2000/sp4
- canonical/microsoft windows 2003 server
- version/microsoft windows 2003 server/sp2
- canonical/microsoft windows 7
- canonical/microsoft windows server 2008
- version/microsoft windows server 2008/r2
- version/microsoft windows server 2008/sp2
- canonical/microsoft windows vista
- version/microsoft windows vista/sp1
- version/microsoft windows vista/sp2
- canonical/microsoft windows xp
- version/microsoft windows xp/sp2
- version/microsoft windows xp/sp3