CVE-2003-0370

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Konqueror Embedded and KDE 2.2.2 and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates via a man-in-the-middle attack.

Konqueror Embedded and KDE 2.2.2 and earlier does not validate the Common Name (CN) field for X.509 Certificates, which could allow remote attackers to spoof certificates via a man-in-the-middle attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 21 years ago

2003-06-16 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:18:00

Affected Software

Apple Safari 1.0 Beta

1.0

Apple Safari 1.0 Beta2

1.0

Red Hat Linux 7.1

7.1

Red Hat Linux 7.2

7.2

References

20030510 [forward]Apple Safari and Konqueror Embedded Common Name Verification Vulnerability

DSA-361

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030602-1.txt

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2003:192

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2003:193

20030507 Problem: Multiple Web Browsers do not do not validate CN on certificates.

Vendor Advisory

7520

TLSA-2003-36

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