CVE-2004-0765 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2004-0765
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Description: 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16868 SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-421.html FEDORA http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2 CONFIRM http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7 http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234058

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