CVE-2010-5076

Summary

CVECVE-2010-5076
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-29 19:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionQSslSocket in Qt before 4.7.0-rc1 recognizes a wildcard IP address in the subject's Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Digia Qt All All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.0.0 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.0.1 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.1.0 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.1.1 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.1.2 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.1.3 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.1.4 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.1.5 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.2.0 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.2.1 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.2.3 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.3.0 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.3.1 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.3.2 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.3.3 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.3.4 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.3.5 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.4.0 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.4.1 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.4.2 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.4.3 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.5.0 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.5.1 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.5.2 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.5.3 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.6.0 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.6.0 rc1 All All
Application Qt Qt 4.6.1 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.6.2 All All All
Application Qt Qt 4.6.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[QTBUG-4455] SSL wildcard verification too broad - Qt Bug Tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugreports.qt-project.org
www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-10-0001.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.westpoint.ltd.uk
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/846f1b44eea4bb34d080d055badb40a4a13d369e af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 qt.gitorious.org Patch
Security Advisory SA49895 - Ubuntu update for qt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA49604 - Red Hat update for qt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Qt SSL Certificate IP Address Wildcard Matching Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1504-1: Qt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/5f6018564668d368f75e431c4cdac88d7421cff0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 qt.gitorious.org Exploit, Patch
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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