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Qt QSslSocket Certificate Verification Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28228
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Release Date:
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2008-01-03
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Qt 4.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5965 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Qt, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the certificate validation in QSslSocket, which can be exploited to e.g. trick an application using QSslSocket into accepting spoofed certificates.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 4.3.0, 4.3.1, and 4.3.2.
Solution:
Update to version 4.3.3 or apply patch:
http://www.trolltech.com/developer/download/190133.patch
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-12-21.2182567220
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