CVE-2009-2700

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-08-28
Bugzilla:
520435: CVE-2009-2700 Qt: QSslCertificate incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in subjectAltName

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

src/network/ssl/qsslcertificate.cpp in Nokia Trolltech Qt 4.x 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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-2700 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of qt and qt4 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. Affected code was introduced upstream in version 4.3.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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