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CVE-2014-1492

Date: March 24, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (32)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1492

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903885

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html

Url: https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/709d4e597979

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2994

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1492

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079851

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66356

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1492

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60621

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2159-1

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html

Url: http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/59866

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-1492

Url: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.16_release_notes

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-45.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60794

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-1492

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2014-1492

Date: March 24, 2014

Language: C

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