CVE-2002-0970

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Kde: 2.2.2, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
KDE Konqueror: 2.2.2, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2

References

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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