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Insecure digital certificates In qt

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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