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CVE-2009-4565


sendmail before 8.14.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which (1) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL-based SMTP servers via a crafted server certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, and (2) allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted client certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.


Published

2010-01-04T21:30:00.640

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-310

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application sendmail sendmail ≤ 8.14.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 2.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 2.6.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 3.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 3.0.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 4.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 4.55 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 5.59 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 5.61 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 5.65 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.6.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.8 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.9 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.7.10 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.8.8 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.9.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.10.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.4 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.11.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.4 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.8 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.9 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.12.10 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.0 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.1.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.2 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.3 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.4 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.5 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.6 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.7 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.13.8 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.14.1 Yes
Application sendmail sendmail 8.14.2 Yes

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