CVE DATABASE / CVE-2002-0970
CVE-2002-0970
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
Summary
The SSL capability for Konqueror in KDE 3.0.2 and earlier does not verify the Basic Constraints for an intermediate CA-signed certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof the certificates of trusted sites via a man-in-the-middle attack.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | PARTIAL |
| Integrity | PARTIAL |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Affected products
Kde konquerorKde kde
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References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-047.0.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0170.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000519
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102918241005893&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-155
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20020818-1.txt
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:058
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-221.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5410
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9776
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