Vulnerability CVE-2009-2702
Published: 2009-09-08   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-310

 (Cryptographic Issues)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
KDE -> Kdelibs 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520661
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2532
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:162
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
http://secunia.com/advisories/36468
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