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CVE-2009-2825

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2009-11-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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 Platforms

Apple Mac Os X ServerApple Mac Os X

Weakness Type

CWE-310

References