CVE-2011-1094 Information

Description

kio/kio/tcpslavebase.cpp in KDE KSSL in kdelibs before 4.6.1 does not properly verify that the server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority for an IP address a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2702.

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/13 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/20 http://secunia.com/advisories/44108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:071 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46789 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1110-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0913 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0990 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65986 https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kdelibs/repository/revisions/76f935197599a335a5fe09b78751ddb455248cf7