DSA-1916 kdelibs -- insufficient input validationID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7682 | Date: (C)2009-12-15 (M)2023-12-07 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
Dan Kaminsky and Moxie Marlinspike discovered that kdelibs, core libraries from the official KDE release, 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.