CVE-2002-0970

N/A Unknown

Published: September 24, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-047.0.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0170.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000519

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102918241005893&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-155

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20020818-1.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:058

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-221.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5410

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9776

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-047.0.txt