CVE-2014-1492

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Products (50)

mozilla · network_security_servicesvulnerable

mozilla · network_security_services

References (20)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/59866

http://secunia.com/advisories/60621

http://secunia.com/advisories/60794

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