CVE - CVE-2014-1492

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1492	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:66356 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66356 BUGTRAQ:20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-45.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CONFIRM:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903885 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079851 CONFIRM:https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.16_release_notes CONFIRM:https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/709d4e597979 DEBIAN:DSA-2994 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2994 FEDORA:FEDORA-2014-5829 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html FULLDISC:20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23 GENTOO:GLSA-201504-01 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 SECUNIA:59866 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/59866 SECUNIA:60621 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/60621 SECUNIA:60794 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/60794 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:0665 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:0727 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:0599 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:0629 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html UBUNTU:USN-2159-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2159-1 UBUNTU:USN-2185-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20140116	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20140116)
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