53621 : Microsoft Windows HTTP Services Digital Certificate Distinguished Name Mismatch Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-04-14

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-0089" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Windows HTTP Services (aka WinHTTP) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Vista Gold allows remote web servers to impersonate arbitrary https web sites by using DNS spoofing to "forward a connection" to a different https web site that has a valid certificate matching its own domain name, but not a certificate matching the domain name of the host requested by the user, aka "Windows HTTP Services Certificate Name Mismatch Vulnerability."

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Infrastructure
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-0089 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 34677
Related OSVDB ID: 53619 53620
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 960803
News Article: http://gcn.com/articles/2009/04/15/microsoft-april-security-patch.aspx
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Micrsoft-Patch-Tuesday-Plugs-Security-Holes-as-Hackers-Circle-317813/
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS09-013

Tools & Filters

	36151

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-04-15 | Disagree?

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