CVE-2009-2702

NameCVE-2009-2702
DescriptionKDE 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1916-1
Debian Bugs546212, 546218

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
kde4libs (PTS)buster4:4.14.38-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kde4libssource(unstable)4:4.3.2-1low546218
kdelibssourceetch4:3.5.5a.dfsg.1-8etch3DSA-1916-1
kdelibssourcelenny4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-0lenny3DSA-1916-1
kdelibssource(unstable)4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2.1low546212

Notes

[lenny] - kde4libs <no-dsa> (Minor issue)

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