CVE-2002-0970

Konqueror - SSL Certificate Validation Bypass via Intermediate CA Basic Constraints

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9776
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5410
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20020818-1.txt
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102918241005893&w=2
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_conectiva
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000519
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-221.html
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0170.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-155
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandrake
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:058
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_caldera
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-047.0.txt

Scores

EPSS 0.0240
EPSS Percentile 85.2%

Details

Status published
Products (8)
kde/kde 2.2.2
kde/kde 3.0
kde/kde 3.0.1
kde/kde 3.0.2
kde/konqueror 2.2.2
kde/konqueror 3.0
kde/konqueror 3.0.1
kde/konqueror 3.0.2
Published Sep 24, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026