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title: "CVE-2009-2474\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2474

Publication date 21 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

neon before 0.28.6, when OpenSSL or GnuTLS 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| neon | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 0.25.5.dfsg-5ubuntu0.1 |
| neon26 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| neon27 | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 0.28.2-6.1ubuntu0.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.28.2-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.27.2-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2474)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2474)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2474)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2474)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-835-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-835-1)
+ neon vulnerabilities
+ 21 September 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2474>