Description
Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.12.3, Firefox before 3.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.23, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.18 do not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority. NOTE: this was originally reported for Firefox before 3.5.
References (30)
Core 30
Core References
Broken Link vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10751
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/810-2/
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510251
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36139
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36157
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022632
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:197
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:216
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36434
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36088
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7003
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1207.html
Press/Media Coverage x_refsource_misc
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/kaminsky/
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36669
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/56723
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1432.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-810-1
Broken Link vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8458
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021030.1-1
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/libraries/libldap/tls_m.c.diff?r1=1.8&r2=1.11&f=h
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36125
Broken Link third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-42.html
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2085
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1874
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:217
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125198917018936&w=2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0186
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-295
Status
published
Products (12)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
8.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
9.04
debian/debian_linux
5.0
mozilla/firefox
< 3.0.13
mozilla/network_security_services
< 3.12.3
mozilla/seamonkey
< 1.1.18
mozilla/thunderbird
< 2.0.0.23
opensuse/opensuse
10.3 - 11.1
suse/linux_enterprise
10.0
... and 2 more
Published
Jul 30, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026