CVE-2010-5076

Public Exploit

Description

QSslSocket in Qt before 4.7.0-rc1 recognizes a wildcard IP address in the subject's Common Name field of an X.509 certificate, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.50%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1504-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49895 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0880.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41236 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/846f1b44eea4bb34d080d055badb40a4a13d369e patch
http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/5f6018564668d368f75e431c4cdac88d7421cff0 patch exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/49604 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-10-0001.txt
https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-4455

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-5076?
CVE-2010-5076 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-5076?
To fix CVE-2010-5076, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-5076 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-5076 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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