Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-3765

Title: Mutt Cryptographic Failures

Cryptographic Failures

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-3765.

CWE Category CWE-310
Published Date Oct 23, 2009
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.59%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-3765: mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.19 and 1.5.20, 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.

Impacted Vendors

O
openssl 1
M
mutt 1
R
redhat 1
H
hpe 1

Reference Links

http://dev.mutt.org/trac/changeset/6016:dc09812e63a3/mutt_ssl.c http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2 http://dev.mutt.org/trac/changeset/6016:dc09812e63a3/mutt_ssl.c http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125369675820512&w=2
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-3765 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.