CVE-2009-2702 (GCVE-0-2009-2702)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-08 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:59
VLAI
Summary
KDE KSSL in kdelibs 3.5.4, 4.2.4, and 4.3 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2267 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/36468 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2532 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2009-09-03 00:00
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