Description
KDE Konqueror 3.5.5 and 3.95.00, when a user accepts an SSL server certificate on the basis of the CN domain name in the DN field, regards the certificate as also accepted for all domain names in subjectAltName:dNSName fields, even though these fields cannot be examined in the product, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid certificate for a spoofed web site.
Published: 2007-12-28
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-6557 KDE Konqueror 3.5.5 and 3.95.00, when a user accepts an SSL server certificate on the basis of the CN domain name in the DN field, regards the certificate as also accepted for all domain names in subjectAltName:dNSName fields, even though these fields cannot be examined in the product, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid certificate for a spoofed web site.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:11:06.084Z

Reserved: 2007-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6591

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-28T21:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-6591

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-11-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-6591 - Bugzilla

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