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GNU Wget SSL Certificate Security Bypass

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800981

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a security bypass vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is using a version of Wget earlier than 1.12. Such versions are potentially affected by a security bypass vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle Common Name fields n X.509 certificates that contain an ASCII NULL character.

Solution

Upgrade to Wget 1.12 or later.

See Also

http://.securityfocus.com/advisories/18136

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 800981

Family: Web Clients

Published: 10/27/2009

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3490

BID: 36205