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Fedora update for kdelibs
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA36736
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Release Date:
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2009-09-15
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Popularity:
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452 views
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Critical:
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Less 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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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Fedora 10
Fedora 11
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Fedora has issued an update for kdelibs. This fixes a vulnerability, 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
NOTE: It's not proven that the code in question is actually used.
Change Page:
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