Name | CVE-2014-1492 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-23-1, DSA-2994-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
icedove (PTS) | jessie | 1:52.3.0-4~deb8u2 | fixed |
nss (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:3.26-1+debu8u17 | fixed |
stretch (security) | 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u5 | fixed | |
stretch (lts), stretch | 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u6 | fixed | |
buster | 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u5 | fixed | |
buster (security) | 2:3.42.1-1+deb10u6 | fixed | |
bullseye | 2:3.61-1+deb11u2 | fixed | |
bullseye (security) | 2:3.61-1+deb11u3 | fixed | |
bookworm | 2:3.87.1-1 | fixed | |
sid | 2:3.89-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
icedove | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
iceweasel | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
nss | source | squeeze | 3.12.8-1+squeeze8 | |||
nss | source | wheezy | 2:3.14.5-1+deb7u1 | DSA-2994-1 | ||
nss | source | (unstable) | 2:3.16-1 |
- iceweasel <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox 28)
- icedove <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox 28)