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KDE KSSL NULL Character Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA36468
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Release Date:
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2009-09-03
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Popularity:
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729 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | KDE 3.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in KDE, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in KSSL when processing certificates having a Subject Alternative Name containing NULL ('\0') characters. This can be exploited to e.g. conduct Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks via specially crafted certificates.
This is related to vulnerability #2 in:
SA36093
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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