CVE-2009-3490

GNU Wget before 1.12 does not properly handle a ‘’ 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.

Date published : 2009-09-30

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36205

http://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/mainline/rev/1eab157d3be7