CVE-2009-2825: Medium severity apple ios and macos vulnerability
Published Nov 10, 2009
·Updated
Certificate Assistant in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 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 might allow 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.
Affected Software
118 affected components
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5.8
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.3
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.5
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.7
Apple iOS and macOS=10.0.2
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.8
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.1
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5.6
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.1
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.5
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.0
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.1
Apple iOS and macOS=10.1
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5.5
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5.1
Apple iOS and macOS=10.0.1
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.10
Apple iOS and macOS=10.0.3
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.9
Apple iOS and macOS=10.1.4
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.4
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.7
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.4
Apple iOS and macOS=10.6
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.2
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5.3
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5.0
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.2
Apple iOS and macOS=10.0
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.7
Apple iOS and macOS=10.0.0
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.0
Apple iOS and macOS=10.1.0
Apple iOS and macOS=10.1.3
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.6
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5.2
Apple iOS and macOS=10.1.5
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.0
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.6
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.8
Apple iOS and macOS=10.1.1
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5.7
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.5
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.9
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.4
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.11
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.8
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3.3
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.6
Apple iOS and macOS<=10.6.1
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2.3
Apple iOS and macOS=10.2
Apple iOS and macOS=10.4.2
Apple iOS and macOS=10.5.4
Apple iOS and macOS=10.3
Apple iOS and macOS=10.0.4
Apple iOS and macOS=10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.3
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.1
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.0
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2.0
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5.2
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.10
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.9
Apple Mac OS X Server<=10.6.1
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.11
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5.8
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.2
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5.5
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.4
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.1
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5.1
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.0
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5.6
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.6
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5.0
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.0.4
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5.3
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5.4
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.5
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5.7
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.0.0
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.6
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.9
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.0.3
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.8
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.1.0
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.0.2
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.5
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.4.7
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.0.1
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.0
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X Server=10.1.3
Remediation
Patch Available
Patch Available
Event History
Nov 10, 2009
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:00 PM
Description
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the severity of CVE-2009-2825?
CVE-2009-2825 has been rated as having high severity due to potential man-in-the-middle attack risks.
2
How do I fix CVE-2009-2825?
To fix CVE-2009-2825, upgrade to a version of Apple Mac OS X that is 10.6.2 or later.
3
What types of systems are affected by CVE-2009-2825?
CVE-2009-2825 affects multiple versions of Apple Mac OS X, including versions from 10.0 to 10.5.8.
4
What kind of attack does CVE-2009-2825 enable?
CVE-2009-2825 could potentially allow attackers to spoof SSL servers via specially crafted certificates.
5
When was CVE-2009-2825 disclosed?
CVE-2009-2825 was publicly disclosed in November 2009.