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.
Published: 2009-09-08
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1916-1 New kdelibs packages fix SSL certificate verification weakness
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2693 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-833-1 KDE-Libs vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:59:56.979Z

Reserved: 2009-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2702

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-08T18:30:00.280

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

Link: CVE-2009-2702

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2702 - Bugzilla

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