Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:15720Man-in-the-Middle Attack
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
nss-util is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack. The library accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in an internationalized domain name’s U-labels in the cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c , allowing a malicious user to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
References
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Related
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N