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CVE-2009-2702

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 Alte

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00448
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
kde kdelibsall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD08 Sep 2009 · 06:30 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2011:0464Moderate
usnUSN-833-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/36468Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:162
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2532Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520661
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