Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1248-1

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Tim Brown discovered that KSSL in KDE-Libs did not properly perform input validation when displaying the common name (CN) for an SSL certificate. An attacker could exploit this to spoof the common name which could be used in an attack to trick the user into accepting a fraudulent certificate. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 10.10. (CVE-2011-3365) It was discovered that KIO in KDE-Libs did not properly perform input validation during proxy authentication. An attacker could exploit this to modify displaying of the realm and proxy URL.

kde4libs on Ubuntu 11.04 , Ubuntu 10.10 , Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-October/001467.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25