CVE-2014-1492

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    CVE-2014-1492

    Published: 25 Mar 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://secunia.com/advisories/59866, http://secunia.com/advisories/60621, http://secunia.com/advisories/60794, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2994, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2159-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01, https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/709d4e597979, https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/709d4e597979, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903885, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079851, 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://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-45.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66356, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.16_release_notes

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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