CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2004-0765

Published: Aug 18, 2004 | Modified: Oct 11, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The cert_TestHostName function in Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, only checks the hostname portion of a certificate when the hostname portion of the URI is not a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), which allows remote attackers to spoof trusted certificates.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 0.9 (including)
Mozilla Mozilla * 1.7 (including)
Thunderbird Mozilla * 0.7 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RedHat galeon *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat mozilla *

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