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TITLE:
Fedora update for kdelibs

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36736

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36736/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for kdelibs. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing
attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in KSSL when processing
certificates having a Subject Alternative Name containing NULL ('\0')
characters. This can be exploited to e.g. conduct Man-in-the-Middle
(MitM) attacks via specially crafted certificates.

This is related to vulnerability #2 in:
SA36093

NOTE: It's not proven that the code in question is actually used.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update kdelibs").

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Independently discovered by Dan Kaminsky and Moxie Marlinspike.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2009-9427:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00473.html

FEDORA-2009-9397:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00449.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA36093:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36093/

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