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title: "CVE-2011-3366\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3366?format=md
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# CVE-2011-3366

Publication date 29 November 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Rekonq 0.7.0 and earlier does not use a certain font when rendering
certificate fields in a security dialog, which allows remote attackers to
spoof the common name (CN) of a certificate via rich text.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3366?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| rekonq | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

Ubuntu 11.04 and earlier uses KSslInfoDialog from kdelibs

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3366)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3366)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3366)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3366)

### Other references

* <http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20111003-1.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3366>