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    CVE-2002-0970

    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.

    Published:Aug 12, 2002
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 1, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.02398
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Kde
    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Konqueror
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

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

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-047.0.txt
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0170.html
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000519
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102918241005893&w=2
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-155
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20020818-1.txt
    http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:058
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-221.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5410
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9776
    ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-047.0.txt
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0170.html
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000519
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102918241005893&w=2
    http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-155
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20020818-1.txt
    http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:058
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-220.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-221.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5410
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9776

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High