Title : Trolltech Qt "QSslSocket " Certificate Verification Security Bypass Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0018 CVE ID : CVE-2007-5965
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-01-03
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Trolltech Qt, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused by an error in QSslSocket when verifying SSL certificates, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass the SSL certificate verification mechanism and gain unauthorized access to a vulnerable application.
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