libraries/libldap/tls_o.c in OpenLDAP 2.2 and 2.4, and possibly other versions, when OpenSSL is used, 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, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Published 2009-10-23 19:30:00
Updated 2020-10-14 17:13:00
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2009-3767

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3767

0.38%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 72 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-3767

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
8.6
2.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2009-3767

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-3767

  • OpenLDAP 2009-10-30
    OpenLDAP reported this issue and published a patch for it on 2009-07-30. The patch was included in OpenLDAP 2.4.18 which was released on 2009-09-06. The current release of OpenLDAP is available from the following location: http://www.openldap.org/software/download/
  • Red Hat 2010-07-20
    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-3767 This issue was addressed in the openldap packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0198.html and https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0543.html respectively. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact, a future openldap update may address this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

References for CVE-2009-3767

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