PT-2009-5313 · Google · Google Chrome

Published 2009-08-27 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-2973

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Google Chrome versions prior to 2.0.172.43

Description: The issue makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary HTTPS servers via a crafted certificate. This is related to the handling of X.509 certificates signed with the MD2 or MD4 algorithm.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.0.172.43, update to version 2.0.172.43 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2973

Affected Products

Google Chrome

References · 6

• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2420 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2973 · Security Note
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=18725 · Vendor Advisory
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/08/stable-update-security-fixes.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52903 · Note