CVE-2009-2702

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2009-09-01
CWE:
CWE-626
Bugzilla:
520661: CVE-2009-2702 kdelibs: kssl incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in subjectAltName

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-2702 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2702

This issue did not affect kdelibs packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kdelibs Will not fix

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