CVE-2009-2702

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2702
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-08 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2012-01-19 03:40:00 UTC
DescriptionKDE 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-310

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kdelibs 3.5.4 All All All
Application Kde Kdelibs 4.2.4 All All All
Application Kde Kdelibs 4.3 All All All
Application Kde Kdelibs 3.5.4 All All All
Application Kde Kdelibs 4.2.4 All All All
Application Kde Kdelibs 4.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
KDE KSSL NULL Character Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:330 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:162 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 520661 – CVE-2009-2702 kdelibs: kssl incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in subjectAltName CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-09-18Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2702 This issue did not affect kdelibs packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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