CVE-2004-0765
N/A
Published: August 3, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorFirefoxThunderbirdMozilla
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234058Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-421.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16868VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11162Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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