CVE-2014-1492

nss: IDNA hostname matching code does not follow RFC 6125 recommendation (MFSA 2014-45)

Published Mar 25, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-23-1 nss security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2994-1 nss security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1568 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2159-1 NSS vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2185-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/60621 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/60794 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2994 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-45.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66356 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2159-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903885 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079851 cve-icon cve-icon
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.16_release_notes cve-icon cve-icon
https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/709d4e597979 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1492 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1492 cve-icon
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:42 AM
Reserved
Jan 16, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 25, 2014, 1:25 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:04 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 18, 2014, 12:00 AM