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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5965

Original release date:01/08/2008
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

QSslSocket in Trolltech Qt 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 does not properly verify SSL certificates, which might make it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid server certificate for a spoofed service, or trick a service into accepting an invalid client certificate for a user.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/08/2008)
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of qt or qt4 packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2007-12-21.2182567220
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-4354
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-4285
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427232
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0018
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28321
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28228
Type: Advisory
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-579-1
External Source: BID
Name: 27112
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:002
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:042
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28999
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28636

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)