Input validation error in Mozilla NSS - CVE-2014-1492
Published: March 25, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32555
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1492
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
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.
Affected software
Mozilla NSS
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
nss (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
nss (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1492
Install update from vendor's website.
nss (Alpine package) - update to 3.13.4-r2
External References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60794
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2994
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-45.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66356
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2159-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903885
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079851
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.16_release_notes
- https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/709d4e597979
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
Related Security Bulletins
- Input validation error in developer.mozilla nss
- Input validation error in nss (Alpine package)
- Amazon Linux AMI update for ruby22
- Amazon Linux AMI update for ruby21
- Amazon Linux AMI update for ruby20
- Amazon Linux AMI update for ruby19
- Amazon Linux AMI update for ruby18
- Slackware Linux update for mozilla-nss