# CVE-2010-5076: 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 a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-06-29 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

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

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