CVE-2009-3490

Name	CVE-2009-3490
Description	GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle remote attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1904-1
Debian Bugs	549293

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wget (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	1.16-1+deb8u7	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	1.18-5+deb9u3	fixed
	buster	1.20.1-1.1	fixed
	bullseye	1.21-1+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1.21.3-1	fixed
	trixie	1.21.4-1	fixed
	sid	1.24.5-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
wget	source	etch	1.10.2-2+etch1		DSA-1904-1
wget	source	lenny	1.11.4-2+lenny1		DSA-1904-1
wget	source	(unstable)	1.12-1	medium		549293