Definition

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.

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11162

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.

Family:

unix

Status:

ACCEPTED

Platform(s):

CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Class:

vulnerability

Reference(s):

CVE-2004-0765

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