CVE-2004-0009

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apache-SSL 1.3.28+1.52 and earlier, with SSLVerifyClient set to 1 or 3 and SSLFakeBasicAuth enabled, allows remote attackers to forge a client certificate by using basic authentication with the "one-line DN" of the target user.

Affected products

Apache-Ssl: through 1.3.28_1.52

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/016870.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107619127531765&w=2
http://www.apache-ssl.org/advisory-20040206.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/3877
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9590
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15065
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/016870.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107619127531765&w=2
http://www.apache-ssl.org/advisory-20040206.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/3877
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9590
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15065

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