Mozilla Firefox 0.9 cert_TestHostName authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Firefox 0.9. This vulnerability affects the function cert_TestHostName. The manipulation results in authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-0765. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 0.9 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function cert_TestHostName. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 08/03/2004. The weakness was released 08/18/2004 (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0765 since 08/02/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18934 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- hostname spoofing bug (5360a659-131c-11d9-bc4a-000c41e2cdad)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115047 (Sun Solaris Mozilla Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16868), Tenable (18934), SecurityFocus (BID 10876†), OSVDB (8304†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7543†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-744, VDB-759, VDB-773 and VDB-774. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 18934
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- hostname spoofing bug (5360a659-131c-11d9-bc4a-000c41e2cdad)
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OpenVAS ID: 53919
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2004-223-01 Mozilla
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.7

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08/03/2004 +1 days 🔍
08/05/2004 +2 days 🔍
08/18/2004 +13 days 🔍
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09/30/2004 +43 days 🔍
04/11/2005 +193 days 🔍
07/13/2005 +93 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3562 days 🔍
05/31/2019 +1508 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0765 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0765
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22146

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X-Force: 16868
SecurityFocus: 10876 - Mozilla Browser Non-FQDN SSL Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8304 - CVE-2004-0765 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Spoofing Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7543 - Mozilla Allows Spoofing of Trusted Certificates, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:18
Updated: 05/31/2019 10:46
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:18 (78), 05/31/2019 10:46 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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