Vulnerability CVE-2009-2700
Published: 2009-09-02   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
src/network/ssl/qsslcertificate.cpp in Nokia Trolltech Qt 4.x 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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Nokia -> QT 
Digia -> QT 

 References:
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2499
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-829-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36203
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:225
http://secunia.com/advisories/36702
http://secunia.com/advisories/36536
http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/802d8c02eaa0aa9cd8d0c6cbd18cd814e6337bc6
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