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KDE 3.0.3 fixes X.509 certificate check vulnerability

Package(s):kde CVE #(s):
Created:September 4, 2002 Updated:September 11, 2002
Description: The SSL implementation used by previous version of KDE accepted, without alerting the user, any X.509 certificate signed by any entity under specific conditions. This bug allows "for undetected MITM attacks ("man in the mittle"), which could compromise an encrypted HTTPS session."
Alerts:
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:058 2002-09-09
Conectiva CLA-2002:519 2002-08-29
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