{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3490","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-22T16:47:35.404126083Z","published":"2009-09-30T15:30:00.610Z","upstream":["CVE-2009-3490"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3490"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wget","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/wget?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.12-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3490.json"}},{"package":{"name":"wget","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/wget?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.12-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3490.json"}},{"package":{"name":"wget","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/wget?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.12-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3490.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}