4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
53.0%
The cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c in the
certificate-checking implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services
(NSS) before 3.16 accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in an
internationalized domain name’s U-label, which might allow
man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
Author | Note |
---|---|
jdstrand | Thunderbird 24.5 has nss 3.15.4 |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | firefox | < 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | firefox | < 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.3 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 13.10 | noarch | firefox | < 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.3 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | firefox | < 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 10.04 | noarch | nss | < 3.15.4-0ubuntu0.10.04.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | nss | < 3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.10 | noarch | nss | < 3.15.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 13.10 | noarch | nss | < 2:3.15.4-0ubuntu0.13.10.2 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | nss | < 2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7 | UNKNOWN |
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-45.html
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.16_release_notes
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1492
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1492
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1492
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2159-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2185-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1492