CVE-2009-2702

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

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.

Affected products

Kdelibs: 3.5.4, 4.2.4, 4.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36468
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:162
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2532
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520661
http://secunia.com/advisories/36468
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:162
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2532
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520661

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