Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 30.0 SSL Certificate Common Name AppendErrorTextMismatch improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 30.0. It has been declared as critical. This affects the function AppendErrorTextMismatch of the component SSL Certificate Common Name Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1560. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 30.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function AppendErrorTextMismatch of the component SSL Certificate Common Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (X.509 certificate parsing outage) via a crafted certificate that does not use ASCII character encoding in a required context.

The weakness was shared 07/22/2014 by Christian Holler as MFSA2014-65 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-1560 since 01/16/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76720 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (978b0f76-122d-11e4-afe3-bc5ff4fb5e7b)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195567 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-2295-1)).

Upgrading to version 31 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94780), Tenable (76720), SecurityFocus (BID 68813†), Secunia (SA60628†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030619†). Additional details are provided at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The entries VDB-67222, VDB-67223, VDB-67224 and VDB-67225 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 76720
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (978b0f76-122d-11e4-afe3-bc5ff4fb5e7b)
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OpenVAS ID: 803463
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 August14 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 31

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-65
Researcher: Christian Holler
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1560 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1560
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67234

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X-Force: 94780 - Mozilla Firefox andThunderbird AppendErrorTextMismatch() weak security, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 68813 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1558 Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 60628 - SUSE update for MozillaFirefox, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030619 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Spoof User Interface Elements
Vulnerability Center: 45574 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Remote Security Bypass - CVE-2014-1560, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2014 19:34
Updated: 02/09/2022 20:10
Changes: 07/23/2014 19:34 (79), 06/03/2017 07:22 (12), 02/09/2022 20:10 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:358:103

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